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Leslie Guy is a postman on the Scottish Isle of Lewis, where Donald Trump's mother was born and raised.

Donald Trump’s mother was an immigrant — from a remote rugged island in Scotland

Election 2016

Trump’s mother was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis. Locals say there’s a disconnect between Trump’s image and their image of themselves.

Ken Dornstein

The man who may have solved the Lockerbie bombing

Justice
File photo from December 22, 1988, shows rescue personnel carrying a body away from the site of the crash in Lockerbie. A total of 270 people were killed when a bomb ripped apart Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.

New suspects in the Lockerbie bombing might actually want extradition

Global Politics
Kevin, Anna, Dante and James Kane at home in Taynuilt.

A Scottish teen gets serious about his chance to vote in Scotland’s bid for independence from Britain

Global Politics
Haggis

Would you eat haggis?

Lifestyle & Belief
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Haggis

Would you eat haggis?

Lifestyle & Belief

Haggis imports have been outlawed in the United States since 1971. The ban was put in place because one of the key ingredients of haggis – sheep lungs – are prohibited in food products here. Now there is a fresh press by the UK government to try and overturn the import ban on traditional Scottish haggis.

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