'Stolen' totem pole returned to Canada by Scottish museum

 

After almost a century and a journey of thousands of miles, a totem pole taken from Canada has returned home. The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole has been in Scotland since it was sold to the National Museum by Canadian anthropologist Marius Barbeau in 1929.

Climate summit “is a failure” says Greta Thunberg

 

The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused world leaders of deliberately postponing much needed drastic action against global warming. She said they were fighting instead to preserve the status quo.

Trump’s Golf Resorts Receive $800k in Government Funds

Trump’s Scottish golf resorts received up to $800k in government funds — and still laid off 66 workers.

 

New coronavirus restrictions introduced in parts of Scotland

New restrictions are being imposed from midnight in three ares of Scotland to control the spread of Coronavirus. The measures will affect nearly a million people. The first minister Nicola Sturgeon said the number of cases had been rising mainly 'as a result of household gatherings'.

UK Prime Minister 'deeply saddened' by Glasgow news

Police are dealing with a "serious incident" which has shut down part of Glasgow city centre Police confirm six people are being treated in hospital for injuries, including a police officer in a 'critical but stable' condition Police Scotland also confirm the suspect has been shot dead First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the reports are "truly dreadful" and urges people to stay away from area

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland adjust lockdown rules

In Scotland the government has announced that all schoolchildren will be back in their classrooms full time from mid-August, as long as coronavirus cases continue to fall. Ministers in Scotland had planned to implement so-called “blended learning”, combining teaching at school and at home, but some parents said it would be too difficult for them to return to work.

Trump's Golf Course's In Scotland To Receive Bailout Money

Donald Trump the king of how to fail and go bankrupt is about to receive tax funded bailout funds from the Scottish government as two of his golf course's are part of the  tourism business. Remember that he's sued local councils and the Scottish government over various regulations and windmills. 

  The Trump Organization’s golf resorts in Aberdeenshire and Turnberry will benefit from emergency funding from the Scottish government worth £2.3bn, which includes waiving the property taxes paid by hospitality, leisure and retail businesses this year.

Before the coronavirus crisis, Trump Turnberry had been due to pay £850,766 in property tax this year and Trump Aberdeenshire £121,170. The Trump Turnberry’s tax bill was recently reduced to £770,845, upon appeal.

This week South Ayrshire, the local council which includes Turnberry, and Aberdeenshire council are expected to tell both businesses they no longer have to pay any of that tax, known as business rates, because they qualify for 100% relief.

Some Of The Best Whiskey In The World Is Made In Japan

The tiny distillery making Japan into a whisky superpower

Ichiro Akuto’s passion for making single malts that are ‘not necessarily easy to drink’ is winning global praise

Today, despite working out of modest premises with just two tiny pot stills in the hills of Chichibu, a town 100 km northwest of Tokyo, Akuto’s single malts are winning rave reviews from the global whisky cognoscenti.
Many are willing to pay hundreds of dollars - and in a few cases much more - for a bottle of single malt from what is Japan’s smallest distillery.
The Whisky Magazine, a British publication, has consistently given awards to Akuto’s firm, Venture Whisky, and its range of “Ichiro’s” single malts now rival those from the bigger and more established Japanese distillers Suntory and Nikka.
This year, Akuto won first prize in the Japanese single malt single class category at the World Whiskies Awards.
He launched Venture Whisky in 2008 and produced his first label – Ichiro’s Vintage Single Malt 1988 – the following year. Much of the rest of the inherited stock went into Venture’s award-winning “card” series, with each small batch labelled with the name of a playing card.

Some might schoff at the idea of the Japanese making award winning spirits, but take step back for a moment ask yourself this question: When the Japanese look at product like whiskey they don't consider how to keep it the same by following tradition. They ask how can that tradition be improved. That's how Akuto has looked at his distilleries methods of production.

If you get the chance to visit Venture Whiskey it's located in Saitama and can be reached by taking the Seibu-Ikebukuro  line train from Ikebukuro to Chichibu. The limited express train takes about 87 minutes and costs ¥1,480 one way.  The fare includes a seat fee.

Donald Trump On Brexit: Isn't My Golf Course Wonderful (videos)

Donald Trump is supposedly the Republican party's nominee for president which makes head of the party and its chief spokesperson. In Scotland the day after the historic vote which culminated the U.K. voting to leave the EU Donald Trump gave a five minute advert about his golf course not once mentioning the real world effects of the Brexit vote. So clueless is Donald Trump, he praised Scottish voters for taking back their country in voting to leave the EU. 2/3 of those voting in Scotland cast their ballots to remain in the EU. Donald Trump had the world watching to discover how in saw the outcome and its effect on the US, Europe and the world. What he delivered was praise for himself, his family, the golf course he was promoting and the beauty of the suites available. How is that being responsible and presidential?

America's Republican party should hide themselves in shame for nominating a narcissistic, racist, misogynist fool.