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...unlikely to ease the tumult in Westminster or the anger across Britain. A number of MPs face being dropped or disciplined by their own parties; others will no doubt be voted out at the next general election (one is due within a year). Sir Paul Stephenson, head of Scotland Yard, said police may investigate some of the expenses claims. (See pictures of the British police...
Take sponsors. In theory, with several backers cutting ties with the sport - the recently nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland, for one, has other things on its mind - new ones could have negotiated more in the way of exposure than they might have three or four years ago. But amid squabbles over the future of Formula One, "at the moment it's not a good proposition," says Mick de Haas, a sports-sponsorship consultant with a history of involvement in Formula One deals. The sport, he says, is "destroying itself...
...just one month ago that an unemployed charity worker—failed singer, romantic exile—lived alone in her family’s home in Blackburn, Scotland, shunned by a world with no place for a 47-year old ugly duckling whose sole talent was obscured by her plain and aging appearance. Though the taunts of sixth grade bullies still echoed in the back of her mind, the passing of her 97-year-old mother pushed her to peek out of her shell for just one more, all-or-nothing performance. As Susan Boyle walked onto the stage...
...Jura, Scotland. The Jura Hotel is the only hotel in the only village on the remote Scottish island of Jura - a cozy refuge, where you can tuck into drams of whiskey (the famous Jura distillery is nearby) and roast venison or locally caught lobster. (The island is also where George Orwell wrote the novel 1984.) You can go deer stalking here - the deer outnumber the residents - and fish or go on pony treks along the moor. Rates start at $55 per night, including breakfast. Isle of Jura, Argyll, Scotland...
...supposed to include the survival of the fittest and adapt or die, yet environmentalists rail against the extinction of certain species, the natural result of evolution. Their efforts to stop this natural process leads one to ask, just who do they think they are? God? Ian Stuart, DINGWALL, SCOTLAND...