Tag: #Edinburgh
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Scotland’s former first minister accuses govt of smear campaign
Edinburgh, Feb 23 (AFP/APP):Scotland’s former first minister, Alex Salmond, has claimed that officials in Edinburgh conducted a deliberate campaign to have him removed from public life. His claim came in a long-awaited submission to an inquiry over the government’s handling of sexual harassment complaints against him. They have put his successor, Nicola Sturgeon, in the…
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It’s been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home
Edinburgh, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): It’s been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo after learning that a gun-running militia group that she had helped to expose wanted to kill her. Since then, Kayembe sought asylum in Britain, started a family and settled in Edinburgh, where she…
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Heat-cam exhibit alerts tourist to breast cancer
London, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): A tourist discovered she had breast cancer after an interactive heat-cam exhibit revealed a tumour during a family trip to a museum in Edinburgh. Bal Gill, 41, caught the disease in its early stages following her visit to the Camera Obscura attraction in May, which prompted her to consult a doctor.…