Flags flown at half-mast as Swinney expresses sympathy to Jewish community

The First Minister was speaking after two people were killed in a car and knife attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.

John Swinney vows to do 'everything necessary' to keep Jewish community safe in Scotland

Counter-terrorism police said two people have been arrested following the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation ...
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Zanzibar’s forgotten railway: East Africa’s first steam line that vanished too soon

Stone Town. Few visitors strolling through the winding alleys of Zanzibar’s Stone Town today would guess that the island was once home to East and Central Africa’s first steam railway.Long before ...

The golden age of British railways, when champagne lunches outnumbered cancellations

There is much to be said for the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), the grand entry into the British history books, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated today.