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Steel Fence Around Holyrood
A perimeter steel fence is to be built around the Scottish Parliament building and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh over the period of the G8 summit at Gleneagles in July. This is in anticipation of violence from some of those who will descend on Scotland to protest large corporations and globalization. Discussions on internet websites which call for "bringing Scotland to its knees" have raised considerable concern and authorities are trying to minimize disruption.
Upwards of 100,000 people are expected at a "Make Poverty History" march in the capital on July 2. The Queen has dropped plans to stay at Holyrood during the summit, cancelling a summer garden party as a consequence. MacDonald's food outlets, often a target for violent protestors, are likely to close in the city over the period of the marches. The heads of state attending the G8 conference have a large agenda including the future of Africa and global warming.
Smoking Ban Given Green Light
The Scottish Parliament has approved the legislation which will introduce a ban on smoking in any pub, restaurant or club in Scotland from April next year. The Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill will see that licensees and others who fail to enforce the law could face fines of up to £2,500 and persistent smokers who defy the ban could be fined up to SI,000. Health Minister Andy Kerr, supporting the legislation, said that apart from the thousands who die or suffer from smoking related illnesses, tobacco smoke is associated in Scotland with the deaths of over 800 people who have never smoked as a result of "passive smoking." The licensed trade association had called for a limited ban and suggested that as a consequence of the new law, 150 pubs will be forced to close and more than 2,000jobs will be lost.
UK Petrol Prices Hit Record High
When UK petrol prices hit 85.3p a litre in 2000, truck drivers organized blockades at oil terminals in protest at government plans to raise taxes on fuel - already the highest in Europe. Now prices have soared again
and reached a record high of 85. 6p a litre and are likely to reach 90p a litre in the near future as world oil prices go even higher by the summer. Based on the current rate of exchange, 90p a litre is roughly equivalent to US$6.56 per U.S. gallon. Around 75 percent of the cost of petrol in Britain is government tax.
New Culloden Centre Announced
The existing visitor centre at the battlefield of Culloden, east of Inverness, was built in 1970. Although it was upgraded in 1984, it is still very cramped and out-dated. Now the National Trust for Scotland has received approval for a new £7 million state-of-the-art centre. This will have a grass roof giving visitors a clear view of the battlefield where Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite supporters were defeated by government troops led by the Duke of Cumberland.
It was the last battle fought on British soil and the new centre will allow the public to experience the drama and fear of taking part in the battle by taking on the character of various participants in the battle. They will wear an electronic bracelet which will trigger audio visual information points relating to their character. The new centre should be open in time for the Highland Year of Culture in 2007. However, the project maybe delayed if Historic Scotland call in the plan - they have expressed concerns that it will be too close to graves and the battlefield memorial.
New Artefact Finds at Culloden Site
Nearly 260 years after the Battle of Culloden, the site of the last battle of the unsuccessful Jacobite Uprising of 1745/46, archaeologists are still uncovering artefacts from the battle site. Researchers from Glasgow University and the Highland Historical Research Society were working on an area of the battlefield which had not previously been excavated and reported a series of "exciting" finds including part of a bayonet, a mortar shell and a pewter crucifix amulet, probably from the Western Isles.
The mortar shell showed that it had been fired at infantry to break up a Jacobite charge on that part of the battlefield. The finds will be included in a definitive book about the battle which is to be published in time for the official opening of a new visitor centre at the site which is due to open officially on April 16, 2007, the 261st anniversary of the battle.
Bonnie Scotland Tour Offers a Dynamite Itinerary
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
VANCOUVER - Have you ever yearned to visit Bonnie Scotland and procrastinated because you wouldn't know where to begin?
The Celtic Treasure Chest, Bakery, Deli and Gift Shop and Tartan Tours can take that burden off your shoulders. They have put together a dynamite itinerary that takes in all the historic areas of Scotland at an unbelievably low cost.
Departing September 13 and returning September 28, the full inclusive tour package includes round trip airfare to Glasgow, Scotland, 14-night hotel accommodations, 14 full buffet breakfasts, two complimentary dinners and transfers by deluxe coach.
Some of the highlights of this historic tour include a tour of Glasgow; Loch Lomond cruise; tour of Burrel Collections; tour of Trossochs (Scotland's miniature highlands); a visit to the woollen mills; tour of Edinburgh; tour of Robert Burns country; tour of Stirling-Braveheart country; tour of the "scenic border country;" tour of Scotland's number one tourist attraction, the New Lanark World
Heritage Mills; plus a number of free days to explore, take a side tour, shop or check out the local pubs.
In addition to the regular tours, they have added side tours to the Tunnock factory where they make those beautiful Scottish tea cakes and snowballs. In addition, there are a number of other highlights still in
the planning stages. Cost is CDN02,849 based on double occupancy (singles rates are also available).
For more information on how to book your Bonnie Scotland Tour of a lifetime, call Steve or Lil McVittie at The Celtic Treasure Chest at (604) 261-3688.
Sunset and Stars Concerts Feature Award-Winning Dochas
NAN AIMO - The Celtic Performing Arts Vancouver Island Summer School will present two Sunset and Stars Celtic concerts on July 7 and 8. The first will take place at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville on July 7 near this year's CeltFest summer school location and the second on the following night, July 8, in Mill Bay at Brentwood College.
A young six-piece band from the Scottish Highlands, Dochas won the "Up and Coming Band of the Year" at this year's Scots Trad Music Awards and have been taking the traditional music scene by storm. Dochas will be featured at the 2005 Sunset and Stars concerts.
Other performers include: Troy and Kendra MacGillivray - Cape Breton piano and fiddle; The CeltFest Irish and Scottish dancers; Wendy Humphreys Tebbutt - harpist (BC); Dick Hensold - Northumbrian smallpipe (Minnesota); Eileen McGann - singer-songwriter; Tom Creegan - uilleann pipe (Washington); Rene Cusson, piper-composer; Rob Rife (Oregon) with Ravenrock - Celtic music and song (BC); and many more.
Visit the Celtic Performing Arts website for more information and other events at: www.Celtic PerformingArts.com, or call (250) 758-0208 or 1-866-301-2358 (CELT).
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