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Great War veteran’s Armistice Day Victoria Cross

He is said to have been a keen sportsman, a good shot, and, when opportunity offered, a keen follower to hounds, he was a...

The Edinburgh Academy rules footballs offside

ONE of Scotland’s top private schools has banned pupils from playing with full-size footballs on health and safety grounds. Edinburgh Academy, which has produced nine...

Scots war hero Mark Wright to feature in TV show

By Cara Sulieman THE STORY of a Scottish soldier who received the George Cross after his death in Afghanistan is to be told on television. Mark...

Teenager in awe of great uncle’s heroic war medals

By Alexander Lawrie   A SCOTTISH schoolboy visited Edinburgh Castle yesterday to view his war hero uncle’s Victoria Cross for the first time.   James Kellock, 15, from...

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