Until 1297 the heavily armed and mounted knight had been an invincible force on the battlefield. Stirling Bridge was the first battle in Europe to see a common army of spearmen defeat a feudal host.

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It is more than a week since Andrew Searle called in to the shop near his home in rural France for the very last time. Chatting in French to shopkeeper Isabelle Palazy with a breezy familiarity ...

An early step will be building a stone causeway alongside the river to give contractors access to what is now as much as a 50-foot cliff face in many places. To get the tons of rock needed to ...

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As alert Wings readers will know, we’re fond of a WW2 analogy from time to time. The conflict is so extensively documented, and so deeply embedded in British culture (for both good and ill), that it’s ...

Police Scotland support those who wish to become police officers, special constables or police staff by hosting various online and in-person recruitment events throughout the year. Disclosure Scheme ...

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