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Pandas! (Yes us too) Edinburgh Zoo welcomes two much-anticipated furry friends Words: Anna Millar
F orget Santa, there’s only one word on everyone’s lips this festive season and that’s pandas. Sure, we would like to come over all nonchalant and cutting edge about our furry friends, but here at List HQ we’re as smitten as everyone else. Giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang have arrived in the capital to suitable fanfare, after their nine-hour overnight flight from Chengdu in China.
And with the pair now settled into their new £250,000 home at Edinburgh Zoo, the public will be able to see them in situ from Fri 16 Dec, before the pair are eventually introduced to each other in February or March next year. Call ahead to pre-book a slot; price is included in entry to the zoo. See edinburghzoo.org.uk to arrange a visit.
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THE NOT 5 Letting the side down in 2011
1 Hurricane Bawbag Toppling
trees, destroying umbrellas and tossing trampolines on Thu 8 Dec. Great name though. bit.ly/stormtramp
2 Catriona Shearer BBC
Scotland news broadcaster having trouble with Nazi
footage. bit.ly/catshearer
3 The Waterboys One List staffer
described their Yeats-inspired concept album as
‘arguably the worst single recording ever made by a Scottish musician or musicians’
4 Tommy Sheridan Got
three years for perjury in that News of the World lawsuit.
Swings and roundabouts, eh Tommy?
5 Liam Fox and Adam Werritty
Former UK Secretary of State for Defence, and the
slightly-too-pally businessman /lobbyist who brought about his resignation in October.
NewsExtra LIST.CO.UK WINS TOP AWARD ■ Have you seen our website recently? We really like it, and it seems someone else does too. The digital arm of The List’s operation picked up the PPA Scotland Award for Best Digital Strategy at the recent Scottish Magazine Awards. List.co.uk is set to expand shortly with a new dedicated film site, providing more news, reviews and features, and easy-to-use film listings for the whole of the UK. As the above photo shows, our digital director Simon Dessain (centre) was delighted.
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