Neil Butler s photo of a fisherman surveying the wreck of his village in the aftermath of the tsunami. IT WAS Boxing Day morning, 2004, and on the beaches of Sri Lanka and Thailand, tourists and locals were making the most of the sunny holiday season. Deep beneath the Indian Ocean, a massive 9.1 earthquake triggered a tsunami, with waves as high as 17.4 metres (57 feet). It devastated some communities in seconds and killed more than 230,000 people, destroying villages, towns and livelihoods of more than half a million more. The areas worst hit included Indonesia’s Northern Aceh province, where around 128,000 people died and Sri Lanka, where the death toll hit 40,000.
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Duke of Wellington turned into Christmas card for Glasgow charity
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Duke of Wellington inspired Christmas card aims to help Glasgow s young people A Christmas card designed by one of Glasgow’s acclaimed artists is set to raise thousands for teenagers living in poverty in the city. Adrian McMurchie has produced a dot to dot illustration of the Duke of Wellington statue – with its familiar traffic cone topping replaced by a Santa hat. Other cards also feature Santa Claus looking after us all by wearing a festive face covering. Adrian’s previous works are well known to Glasgow and Scottish audiences with his panoramic cityscapes installed in buildings across Scotland such as Glasgow Airport, Porcelanosa, Radisson Blu and Red hotels and The Corinthian Club.