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A 3-day stay in Turin Castle: Inside the Oscar gift bag

Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 07:07 AM

There are roughly 52 items ranging from Opopop popcorn, cookies, Qai Qai the doll and a plot of land from Highland Titles that will make the recipient a Lord or Lady of Glencoe. Read more »

Scotland in formal apology to women killed as witches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 05:50 AM

Scotland's government marked International Women's Day on Tuesday by issuing a formal apology to thousands of women who were executed centuries ago. Read more »

Jollibee to open 2 stores in Scotland

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 09:09 AM

Jollibee will open on Edinburgh's Princes Street on Feb. 24 and Glasgow on March 25. Read more »

Jollibee sets opening of first stores in Scotland, Kuala Lumpur in 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 05:10 PM

Jollibee Foods Corp said Friday it would kick off 2022 with the opening of the first Jollibee stores in Scotland and in Kuala Lumpur. Read more »

Scotland reports 6 Omicron cases

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 08:17 PM

Scotland reported six Omicron cases on Monday, some not linked to travel in southern Africa, raising concerns that the mutation-heavy coronavirus variant is already spreading in the community. Read more »

COP26 strikes hard-fought deal

Patrick Galey, Jitendra Joshi, Kelly Macnamara and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 14 07:49 AM

Observers said the agreement fell far short of what is needed to avert dangerous warming and help countries adapt or recoup damages from the disasters already unfurling globally. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 1, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 12:25 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

COP26: Locsin appeals for climate solutions to 'save the planet'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 06:21 PM

Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr echoed Duterte’s call for developed countries to fulfill their commitment to climate financing of developing nations. Read more »

COP26 Climate Conference opens in Glasgow

Paul Ellis, AFP
Posted at Nov 01 09:08 AM

Police officers patrol the River Clyde near the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday, the venue for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. Read more »

France end winless run, Scotland revive World Cup hopes

Guy JACKSON, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 10:11 AM

France beat Finland 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday to snap a five-game winless streak while Scotland kept their hopes alive. Read more »

Key Scottish election on knife edge as pro-independence party heads for win

Russell Cheyne, Reuters
Posted at May 08 07:04 PM

The Scottish National Party (SNP), which has vowed to hold an independence referendum that could tear the United Kingdom apart should it be returned to power, will find out on Saturday if it has won a majority in Scotland's parliament. Read more »

LOOK: Filipino photographer's work on display in Scotland

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 08:45 PM

A photo by a Filipino lensman is one of the images featured in an outdoor exhibit in Scotland organized by the Glasgow Gallery of Photography.  Read more »

BBC to provide biggest education offering as England begins new lockdown

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 04:55 AM

LONDON - The BBC said on Tuesday it would be providing its biggest education offer in its history as England and Scotland entered new lockdowns, which will see most children out of school. Read more »

Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free

Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 25 09:29 AM

LONDON - Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against "period poverty." Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 12, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 12:59 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

3 dead in Scotland train crash

Michal Wachucik, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 12:04 AM

Three people died when a passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland on Wednesday, police said, in what First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described as "an extremely serious incident." Read more »

Train derails in Stonehaven

Ross Johnston, Newsline-media via AP
Posted at Aug 12 11:46 PM

Emergency services attend the scene of a derailed train in Stonehaven, Scotland on Wednesday.  Read more »

These movies reflect the state of the world, and they’re brilliant too | Get Reel w Andrew Paredes

ANCX
Updated as of Aug 11 07:22 AM

From Wag The Dog to Last King of Scotland, here are the movies we need to watch as the world burns. Read more »

Brexit robs German village of Scottish mayor

Yannick Pasquet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 09:03 AM

BRUNSMARK, Germany - The tiny village of Brunsmark, an hour outside Hamburg in the lush north German countryside, might seem an unlikely spot to suffer a sudden Brexit shock. Read more »

Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020?

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 02 11:42 AM

With protests from Chile to Hong Kong last year over widening inequality, violence against women, and climate change, more policymakers and campaigners started to openly debate potential shifts away from an economic model that relies on growth. Read more »