Some Other Scotland - Interlude 01

Interlude 01:

• Answers to common questions about the podcast.
• Great Hites link to Some Other Scotland.
• Twitter stuff - Erica and Lake.

Great Hites can be found at greathites.blogspot.com.

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Some Other Scotland - Ep09 - Black Box

This Week:

• Harald has a mid-air collision.
• The hunt for Charles begins.

This week’s news story:

North Sea black box found

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Helicopter black box destroyed

Investigators who retrieved the tail section and black box flight recorder from the Super Puma helicopter which crashed in the North Sea last week, have been disappointed to find the recorder damaged beyond repair. Passengers in the aircraft reported feeling an impact shortly before it hit the surface of the water and it had been hoped that the black box would have helped to explain the cause of this. All 18 people on board survived the crash.

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Some Other Scotland - Ep08 - Polar Clone

This Week:

• Sykes questions Charles.
• The secret beneath Skara Brae is revealed.
• Charles is abducted.

This week’s news story:

No to cloned Scottish polar bears

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Cloning returns polar bears to Scotland

Researchers in Edinburgh have successfully cloned a pair of polar bears using DNA extracted from a skull found in a cave in Sutherland in the 1920's. The skull belonged to a bear believed to have lived over 4,000 years ago, left in Scotland following the last ice age. Using the same processes used to clone Dolly the sheep, the DNA was combined with the egg of a female bear and grown to cubs. The two cubs were shown off for the first time today, now aged 6 months, and reported to be healthy.

SOS Ep07 - The Lamb

This Week:

• Harald Grant buys an island.
• Familiar symbols turn up in a peculiar place.
• Erica confronts the intruder.
• We discover who is using the hidden cameras.

This week’s news story:

What is Uri planning for Forth Isle

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Geller Outbid for Forth Isle

Uri Geller's bid to purchase a small island of the coast of North Berwick, known as the Lamb, failed this week as a last-minute buyer stepped in to the negotiations with a higher offer. The island, home to a number of rare birds, is too small to build on, but Geller claimed he was interested in the layout of the islands which mirrors that of the great pyramids of Egypt. The identity of the buyer was not made public.

SOS Ep06 - Beatles

This Week:

• The Sleeper, Charles, flees the scene.
• Sykes learns more about the hidden cameras.
• Something unexpected happens at Skara Brae.

This week’s news story:

No takers for silent Beatles film

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Money CAN buy silent Beatles film An auction of 8mm footage showing the Beatles on their visit to Loch Earn in 1964, resulted in a bidding war raising over £5 million. It was expected to fetch around £12 thousand, so the final sum raised was a surprise to all involved.

Promo for Personal Effects: Dark Art by J.C. Hutchins.

SOS Ep05 - Parasite

This Week:

• Sykes learns that deaths at the Scottish Parliament may be linked to the Palace mystery.
• Erica’s team discover some unexpected features of the buried wall.
• The Sleeper finally escapes and his identity becomes clear.
  

This week’s news story:

Parliamentary disease cover-up

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Parliamentary disease deaths cover-up

It has come to light that two members of staff at the Scottish Parliament building died seven months ago during an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease. The site has been decontaminated and a spokesperson confirmed that the building is now safe and that the legionella bacterium was found only in two seldom used water outlets, but nowhere else in the complex. MSPs have claimed that they felt no need to raise the issue publicly as it had been dealt with quickly and appropriately at the time, taking into account the feelings of the families of the administrative staff members who died. It is not clear why the incident has now been made public.

SOS Ep04 - The Sea Wall

This Week:

• Archaeologist Erica Willis returns to Skara Brae, where new buildings have been uncovered.
• The Sleeper makes a bid for freedom.
• Craig stumbles across something unusual.

This week’s news story:

Sea threat to Neolithic village

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New find at Neolithic Village

Work due to start to improve protective sea walls near the neolithic village of Skara Brae has been put on hold due to previously unidentified signs of human settlement being found at the site. Experts have been called into the monument site in Orkney to examine the find and alternative plans are now being drawn up to protect the village.