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Tag: Firth of Forth

Major repair work to Scotland’s lighthouses

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE MAJOR REPAIR work to Scotland’s lighthouses is to begin with the oldest rock-based structure in the British Isles later this year. The Northern...

Lifeboat hero banned after house move

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A HERO lifeboat man has been banned from the high seas after bosses ruled his new home is too far away for...

Uri Geller to get free lifts to his island

By Cara Sulieman CELEBRITY spoon-bender Uri Gellar will get free lifts by boat to his new island after scrapping plans to use his helicopter. Geller bought...

Forth Bridge ‘Spiderman’ Jailed

By Alexander Lawrie A REAL-LIFE ‘Spiderman’ who caused traffic mayhem after climbing almost 400 feet up the Forth Road Bridge has been jailed. Ross Wilson, 22,...

Shiver me timbers, it’s 2009!

By Karrie Gillett HARDY revellers braved the bitter cold to take a dip in the icy waters of the Firth of Forth to welcome...

Francis’ WWII catch has an explosive ending

  By Michael MacLeod A FISHERMAN is lucky to alive - after reeling in a car-sized live World War II bomb. Francis Greig, 60, was almost washed...

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