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Horizons may have shrunk once again, with non-essential trips banned and flights cancelled for the next few weeks — but don’t let that stop you seeing the world. Go online, find the right webcam (video cameras streaming live internet pictures) and you can soon feel as though you’re almost — but not quite — in … Read more
Snow day! Adorable moment Edinburgh Zoo’s pandas play outside in the snow amid warnings they could be returned to China next year amid Covid funding crisis The footage shows a panda named Yang Guang enjoying the wintery conditions There are two giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo – Yang Guang and Tian Tian The pair could … Read more
Queen CANCELS all garden parties in 2021 after surge in coronavirus cases made planning impossible By Rebecca English for the Daily Mail and Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 13:36 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 13:38 GMT, 5 January 2021 The Queen has cancelled all royal garden parties in London and Edinburgh for the whole … Read more
First date’s going downhill! Hilarious moment hapless romantic slips down a muddy slope ‘like Bambi on ice’ Kieran Essen, 25, from Edinburgh went sliding down a muddy hill on first date He loses his balance on the soggy grass and wobbles backwards down the slope The blooper was caught on camera by his date who … Read more
Teachers get the Phil-good factor as Duke of Edinburgh hails their efforts ‘in the most challenging conditions’ in a rare public message following his retirement Prince Philip has praised teachers and staff’s effort during the Covid pandemic The Duke of Edinburgh hailed their ‘selfless dedication,’ in a rare public message Next term will begin online, … Read more
Groups protesting against the coronavirus vaccine and lockdowns took to the streets of London, Brisol, Edinburgh and Brighton today as the Government continued to scale up its testing strategy. Anti-lockdown protestors marched through Edinburgh city centre, gathered at London’s Hyde Park, brandished placards in Bristol and walked along the seafront in Brighton this afternoon. It … Read more
He became the youngest ever winner of the Great British Bake Off after the 2020 final aired on Tuesday night. But Peter Sawkins, 20, isn’t getting carried away by his newfound culinary fame. The student – who studies finance at Edinburgh University – has insisted he’ll finish his degree before taking on any Bake Off … Read more
Father-of-two spots of one of only 50 albino British squirrels outside his Edinburgh flat Richard Waugh, 51, spotted the albino squirrel outside his flat in Edinburgh The UK has around 50 albino squirrels with white hair and red or pink eyes The odds of a squirrel being born white are thought to be about one … Read more
David Rhind was a prominent Scottish architect in the 1800s. Born in Edinburgh in 1808, was the son of a lawyer, John Rhind, while his mother was Marion Anderson. Rhind is believed to have left Edinburgh for London, learning his trade at the drawing office of Augustus Charles Pugin – an Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman and writer. … Read more
The Siege of Lucknow began on May 25, 1857, when the woman and children in the Indian city were ordered into the Residency, the area’s chief fortress. The Indian Mutiny had begun 15 days before, on May 10 when Indian soldiers, known as Sepoys, protested the new Enfield Rifle. To use the gun soldiers had … Read more