Posts Tagged ‘the herald (glasgow)’

Stop reading the newspaper

We reported on June 30 that the driver of a giant dumper truck crushed two colleagues to death while reading a newspaper . The Fatal Accident Inquiry report into the incident found that one of the reasons the deaths might have been avoided was if Alan Shannon [the driver] had paid more attention and in [...]

Oh lord

We reported, on Monday, August 9, that Amanda Bruce is the former wife of the Earl of Elgin. This is not the case. She was formerly married to Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin. The Earl of Elgin has been married to his wife, Victoria, for 51 years. We apologise for the [...]

Frequent traveler

IN reporting on Saturday on the Scottish Government’s disclosure of information on ministerial use of official limousines, we referred to the First Minister making some 1700 trips over a six-month period. This was in fact the total for all six cabinet secretaries plus the transport ministers, not just Alex Salmond, who made around 300 such [...]