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by Anna MALPAS / Sylvain PEUCHMAURD Agence France Presse EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) — Tens of thousands of mourners lined the route of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral cortege on Sunday as it left the Scottish retreat where she died, to bid farewell to their longest serving monarch. The hearse carrying the 96-year-old’s oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, was driven from the Balmoral estate through Aberdeen and Dundee to the capital […]
by Mark McLAUGHLIN with Robin MILLARD in London Agence France-Presse EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Scotland’s announcement on Monday that it will begin preparations for a new independence bid raised the spectre of one of Brexit’s most feared consequences — the break-up of the United Kingdom. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would seek the semi-autonomous Scottish parliament’s authority next week to ask the UK government in London for the powers to hold a referendum before Brexit […]
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) — Hundreds of cheering fans greeted Leonardo DiCaprio on Thursday as the Hollywood star visited an Edinburgh restaurant set up to help the homeless. The Oscar-winning actor signed autographs for his admirers — some of whom had waited for hours — as he arrived at the Home restaurant, which opened in September as part of a broader initiative to support homeless people. DiCaprio’s visit to Home sees him follow in the footsteps […]
