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The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as The New Observer. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK (formerly News International), which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes The Times.
Dunblane massacre. / 56.1890°N 3.9743°W / 56.1890; -3.9743. The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, near Stirling, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 pupils and one teacher and injured 15 others before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in ...
Ellon, Aberdeenshire. / 57.366; -02.086. Ellon ( Scottish Gaelic: Eilean) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometres) north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotland. It is in the ancient region of Formartine.
Embo, Sutherland. / 57.90; -3.98. Embo ( Scottish Gaelic: Eurabol, IPA: [ˈiaɾəpɔɫ̪]) is a village in the Highland Council Area in Scotland [1] and the former postal county of Sutherland, about two miles (three kilometres) north-northeast of Dornoch . On 16 July 1988, Embo declared itself independent from the rest of the United Kingdom for ...
UK. Scotland. 56°49′11″N 5°06′19″W / . 56.8198°N 5.1052°W. / 56.8198; -5.1052. Fort William [a] is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 10,459, making it the second largest settlement in both the Highland council area ...
History of the United Kingdom. The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian ...
Keith, Moray. / 57.543; -2.952. Keith ( Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chèith, or Cèith Mhaol Rubha (archaic)) is a small town in the Moray council area in north east Scotland. It has a population of 4,734. Keith is historically in Banffshire, a name which persists in common usage and historical references.
HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, to the north of the Firth of Clyde and 25 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow. The submarine base encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being: Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow; RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Faslane.