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The Shiant Islands [1] (/ ʃ æ n t /; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Mòra [nə ˈhelanən ˈmoːɾə] or Na h-Eileanan Seunta [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiant̪ə] ⓘ) or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of the Isle of ...
The Race to the North was the name given by the press to occasions in two summers of the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Edinburgh over the two principal rail trunk routes connecting the English capital city to Scotland – the West Coast Main Line ...
Following the format of Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode of this series features a coastal railway journey through England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland. Series 1 was first broadcast on BBC Two in January–February 2022, series 2 in May–June 2023, and series 3 in April–May 2024. [3]
Senior consultants in Scotland have voted to accept a 10.5% pay rise that will see them earn between £10,500 and £13,500 extra each year, and which will be backdated to 1 April 2024. [ 316 ] A waste management company is to sue the Scottish Government for £170m over the failed bottle return scheme.
This is to prevent unintended consequences of rat poison killing NYC pets, like the Rottweiler puppy who died after eating rat poison while on a walk in Washington Heights in late 2022.
Jim Bishop [4] used the term rat race in his book The Golden Ham: A Candid Biography of Jackie Gleason. The term occurs in a letter Jackie Gleason wrote to his wife in which he says: "Television is a rat race, and remember this, even if you win you are still a rat." William H. Whyte used the term rat race in The Organization Man published in ...
Scotland’s return required the full experience of the Tartan Army, especially with two games at Hampden and a third against England at Wembley, but a long-awaited party was dampened.
BANGKOK (AP) — Shortly after China opened its borders with the end of zero-COVID, Zhang Chuannan lost her job as an accountant at a cosmetic firm in Shanghai and decided to explore the world.