TWEEDSMUIR, Scotland, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The developer who had big plans for a Scottish pub where Robert Burns and other writers raised their glasses now says he wants to work with preservationists.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A Scottish university press has resurrected Sir Walter Scott's last two works, written after he had three strokes and rejected for publication by his family.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 15, 2008.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 1 (UPI) -- Environmentalists say the hills in southern Scotland that inspired many of the novels of Sir Walter Scott could be ruined by wind farms.

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Sir Walter Scott, a century-old coal-fired ferry that carries tourists on a Scottish loch, will be converted to run on biodiesel.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 2 (UPI) -- William Topaz McGonagall, the Scottish poet widely reviled in life, is getting no honor in death either.

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EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 29 (UPI) -- The unique Scottish legal verdict, "not proven," which has been under fire for 300 years, faces a new challenge from a legislator.