A spokesperson for the service confirmed: "Lifeboats from Kinghorn and Queensferry RNLI were tasked in the early hours of this morning (December 19) to support in a search operation in the Firth of ...

France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe ...

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What’s the seventh book of the Bible? Which island in the Firth of Clyde has been uninhabited since 1990, when its lighthouse was automated? Two Yorkshire-based shows written by Sally Wainwright ...

Forth Projects - the group’s in-house logistics division - will handle Inch Cape’s “monopile” and jacket foundations at Leith. The specialist pre-assembly and marshalling of the wind farm ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links ...

Pic credit: History Channel Season 12 of The Curse of Oak Island has reignited the quest to uncover the island’s elusive treasures. So far in the season, the Lagina brothers and their dedicated ...

Sky has debuted the trailer for the five-part limited series ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,’ featuring Colin Firth. Set amidst heightened international conflict and conspiracy, Dr. Jim Swire ...

Hollywood star Colin Firth said being brought back to the moment he heard about the Lockerbie air disaster had “real impact”. The Oscar winner stars in a new drama about the tragedy ...

scarier rides as well as the Forth Big Wheel offering staggering views out to the Firth of Forth. There’s a stage for Santa to do a spot of storytelling or for choirs to sing carols and you can ...

But alongside their initial post was a map of Europe and South Africa with the involved countries highlighted in blue, including the Falkland Islands. Many in the replies pointed out that the ...