STIRLING, Scotland, April 26 (UPI) -- The oldest known soccer ball in the world will leave its museum home in Scotland to be part of a display on the game's history at the World Cup in Germany.

LONDON, March 13 (UPI) -- Cate Blanchett is preparing to start shooting her second go-round as Britain's Virgin Queen in a sequel to her 1989 film, "Elizabeth."

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EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 4 (UPI) -- History lovers in Edinburgh are wary of plans to build a sea wall along a beach that has served as an invasion point.

LEITH, Scotland, April 6 (UPI) -- Archaeologists puzzled over the 16th century remains of six bodies found at the historic St. Mary's Star of the Sea church in Leith, Scotland. The remains - four complete skeletons and two partial skeletons all thought to be male - date back to 1559 and