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The Scotsman
6 Mar, 2020
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LNER’s Flying Scotsman train renamed Flying Scotswoman
LNER today launched a month-long rebrand of its flagship Flying Scotsman train as the Flying Scotswoman with an all-female crew to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday.
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Queensferry crossing designers knew of falling ice risks

The prospect of falling ice from the new Queensferry Crossing was known about when the £1.7 billion road bridge was being designed, it has emerged.

After 13 years, are the SNP losing grip on power? – Gina Davidson

The SNP’s various current troubles remind Gina Davidson of the ‘Back to Basics’ debacle when John Major was Prime Minister.

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Scotland weather warning: Heavy rain and travel disruption expected for west coast this weekend

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain to the west coast of Scotland, as heavy downpours may cause disruption on Saturday (7 March).

World’s oldest travel body puts Scotland to the fore in promoting women – Alastair Dalton

The Scottish Passenger Agents Association finally has a Scottish woman president, which will help banish its male-dominated past and set an example to the rest of the transport industry.

Sport Update
Hearts defender Michael Smith has last laugh as ‘funny’ training session pays off

It may have seemed that those who enjoyed a chuckle while digesting tales of training sessions with ropes and goggles were laughing at Hearts. But, according to defender Michael Smith, the joke is on them as they were actually laughing with the Gorgie side.

Kenya Open is latest golf event to be called off due to coronavirus

Next week's Magical Kenya Open has become the third European Tour event to be called off due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: Curling world championships in Glasgow could be played behind closed doors

Curling’s forthcoming men’s world championships in Glasgow could end up played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials admit.

And finally...
Book review: The Mirror & the Light, by Hilary Mantel

From Scott’s Kenilworth onwards the Tudor Century has been fertile territory for novelists. One thinks of Harrison Ainsworth’s grim masterpiece The Tower of London, Ford Madox Ford’s dazzling  Henry VIII novel The Fifth Queen, Buchan’s The Blanket of the Dark, Hilda Prescott’s The Man on the Donkey – a brilliant and moving treatment of the 1536 rebellion, known as The Pilgrimage of Grace – and Margaret Irwin’s Elizabeth novels, hugely popular in the 1940s and 50s.

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