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Letters: Prommers have good reason to be proud when they sing Rule, Britannia!

SIR – The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason describes feeling uncomfortable about the playing of Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms (report, January 21). Perhaps if there was wider awareness of the origins of these words, minds might be set to rest. Rule, Britannia! was inspired by a lad from Penryn, Cornwall. Thomas Pellow was 11 years old and on his first sea voyage with his uncle when they were captured by Barbary pirates and taken into horrific, cruel, brutal slavery under Sultan Moula ....

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Fears R100 broadband scheme will be delayed even further

Fears R100 broadband scheme will be delayed even further
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Louise Rae: Tayport stalwart who became shortbread tin cover girl

Highland dancer Louise Rae, who married Tayport businessman Irvine Rae, has died aged 95. She made Tayport her home for seven decades. ....

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Aberdeen Shortbread tin Highland dancer Louise MacRae, 95

Medal winning Highland dancer Louise MacRae, who was once the face of shortbread tins across the world, has died aged 95. ....

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What is the highest wind speed recorded in Scotland and the UK?

With Storm Jocelyn set to batter Scotland this week after the chaos of Storm Isha, here is the strongest wind speed ever recorded in the UK. ....

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