Some Other Scotland - Ep31 - Parchment
Some Other Scotland - Ep30 - Conkers
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This week’s news story:Conker competition cancelledchanged to the alternative:
Conkers enter protected category
A combination of factors, including disease and a lack of pollination has led to the horse chestnut tree being added to the list of protected plant life. Recent surveys have shown only a few hundred of the trees had given fruit this year, in comparison to thousands only three years ago. This has already resulting in the cancellation of the Scottish Conker Championships, due to be held in Peebles this year.
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BBC News - Read the original story.Some Other Scotland - Ep29 - Artists
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This week’s news story:Arts group attacked by artistschanged to the alternative:
Artists attack bias in funding decisions
A group of Scottish musicians, artists and writers has written a strongly worded letter to the main funding body for the arts in Scotland, in which they raise concerns about the choices made when deciding on which groups will receive support. They claim that worthwhile artistic endeavours which would bring education and business into certain areas of the country are being overlooked in favour of projects that would appear to have little merit or in some cases would actually cause offence. Creative Scotland, the body at the centre of the complaints, has responded that the allegations will be fully investigated.
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BBC News - Read the original story.Some Other Scotland - Ep28 - Artefacts
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This week’s news story:Supermarket building on Roman fortschanged to the alternative:
Roman fort under supermarket hides deeper secret
Recent excavations for a new supermarket in Camelon, near Falkirk, revealed a series of Roman forts believed to be a centre of commerce in Scotland from the first century AD. Many of the items dug up from the site have been put on public display in a temporary cabin beside the building site, but one item is causing some confusion amongst archeologists. A petrosphere, or stone ball, believed to date from the neolithic era, was found in what appears to be a kitchen area. Similar items have been found in various locations across Scotland in the past, but this is the first time one has been found in the middle of a Roman site.
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BBC News - Read the original story.Some Other Scotland - Ep27 - Skeleton
This Week:
- Burnard makes some discoveries.
- Charles spots a face from his past.
- Arthar receives a distress call.
Violent deaths of Stirling skeletonschanged to the alternative:
Skeleton answers lead to new questions
A series of tests on a group of five skeletons found buried under the Royal Chapel at Stirling Castle have shown they were victims of violent deaths. Scientists reported a number of fractures, stab wounds and broken bones that would have proved fatal, but have been unable to explain the injuries inflicted on one of the male skeletons. One archaeologist stated “it was as though he had been sliced in two with an angle grinder, not a sword or an axe”.
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BBC News - Read the original story.Some Other Scotland - Ep26 - Commonwealth Games
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This week’s news story:
Commonwealth Games evict grandmother
changed to the alternative:
Commonwealth Games eviction properties still standing
Questions have been asked of Glasgow City Council as to why some buildings emptied for the construction of the Commonwealth Games athletes village have yet to be demolished. Local people who campaigned against the eviction of tenants in the area have complained that certain houses and larger buildings have been sitting empty for at least a fortnight after the date they were due to have been demolished. The council refused to comment, other than to confirm that it is investigating the complaints.
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