Back Off Scotland is a campaign group advocating against the intimidation and harassment of women attending sexual health clinics in Scotland. Their main...
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"Back Off Boogaloo" is a song by the English rock musician Ringo Starr that was released as a non-album single in March 1972. Starr's former Beatles bandmate...
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Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete...
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SPUC anti-abortion protest in Edinburgh. Lucy Grieve, co-founder of Back Off Scotland said it was “completely inappropriate” that Mason retains the SNP...
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Ibane Bowat (category Scotland men's youth international footballers)
professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fulham. Born in England, he is a youth international for Scotland. Born in Kingston upon Thames, London...
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extends back to 1871 when the Scottish rugby team played their first official test match, winning 1–0 against England at Raeburn Place. Scotland competed...
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of the 2023–24 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for the Champions League, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passed to...
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Scottish independence (Scottish Gaelic: Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; Scots: Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once...
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The 2024–25 East of Scotland Football League is the 96th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 11th season with its top division as...
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Hair of the dog (redirect from Hair off the dogs back)
Cobham Brewer writes in the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898): "In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs of the dog that bit you applied...
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left back in a Scottish Premiership game against Dundee United. He then made his second start in the second leg of the Scottish Premiership Play-off Final...
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Presbyterianism (redirect from Presbyterianism in Scotland)
its ancestry back primarily to Scotland. In August 1560, the Parliament of Scotland adopted the Scots Confession as the creed of the Scottish Kingdom. In...
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Kieran Tierney (category Scotland men's youth international footballers)
(born 5 June 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Scotland national team. Tierney...
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NatWest Group (redirect from Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc)
Scotland launched a hostile takeover bid for English rival National Westminster Bank. The Bank of Scotland intended to fund the deal by selling off many...
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(Middle Irish: Rí Deircc), was King of Scotland from 1040 until his death in 1057. He ruled during the period of Scottish history known as the kingdom of Alba...
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Alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom (redirect from Off-sale)
premises) and off-licences. However, these distinctions are not explicitly made in the Licensing Act 2003, and the position in Scotland and Northern Ireland...
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part in an end of season promotion play-off with the South of Scotland Football League and West of Scotland Football League champions, subject to clubs...
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not just in Scotland, but across Europe. The international craze for tartan, and for idealising a romanticised Highlands, was set off by the Ossian...
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James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne...
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. (category Football clubs in Scotland)
football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in Scottish League One, the third tier of the Scottish Professional Football League...
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Kelpie (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: Each-Uisge), is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described...
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Education in Scotland is provided in state schools, private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. Mandatory education in Scotland begins for...
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Scotland Football League (known as the PDM Buildbase West of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the West of Scotland Football...
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Steven Fletcher (footballer) (category Scotland men's international footballers)
Wrexham. Fletcher began his club career with Hibernian, playing in 156 Scottish Premier League games and scoring 43 goals. English club Burnley paid a...
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Iain Stirling (category Scottish Twitch (service) streamers)
"Dancing through the ages - take a look back over Scotland's vibrant nightlife history". Daily Record. Media Scotland. Retrieved 18 May 2020. "IMDB Taskmaster...
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defeated the Scots at the Battle of Inverkeithing on 20 July. This cut off the Scottish army at Stirling from its sources of supply and reinforcements. Charles...
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The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scots: Scots National Pairty, Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠtʰi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə])...
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Rugby union positions (redirect from Stand-off (rugby union))
flankers) being employed to protect the half-back. The first international between England and Scotland was played in 1871 and consisted of 20 players...
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Duart Castle (category Listed castles in Scotland)
Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic, is a castle on the Isle of Mull, beside the Sound of Mull off the west coast of Scotland, within the council area...
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