Saint Andrews, Scotland News

Near the start of the film Braveheart, the Scottish and English armies line up opposite each other, ready to fight to the death.

Trinidad-born entrepreneur Andrew Ali at the entrance to his revamped Florida golf course.

U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, right, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the G-20 finance ministers meeting in St.

It wasn't the most romantic setting for royal intimacy. I was sitting in a fluorescent-white room of the Museum of St.

CULT folk favourites The Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra are playing their first gig in over a decade next week.

Wed Dec 9, 2009 8:59am EST -Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling smiles after having his collar adjusted by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks on during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St.

A 'Tobin Tax' would add a tiny premium to foreign currency trades - with perhaps $1 trillion in benefits.

A stone which once graced the grounds of the Old Course Hotel, commemorating an historic meeting in St Andrews of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, has now found its way some miles down the road to a school in Kirkcaldy.

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said that he would not be supporting a U.K. proposal for a levy on financial transactions.

A Representative from the University of St Andrews, will be at James Hon's Office on Tuesday, December 8 and Wednesday December 9 to meet with prospective students keen on furthering their studies abroad.

First year students take part in a foam fight in the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland.

LORD Patel of Dunkeld, a retired academic and senior doctor, has been appointed as the first Asian Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

First year students take part in a foam fight in the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland.

Gordon Brown will use a meeting of Commonwealth leaders tomorrow to try to get support for his plans for an international financial tax, risking further dispute with America over the controversial banking levy.

Photographs from St. Andrews, Scotland on Monday, November 23, 2009. Raisin Monday ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 23: First year students from St Andrews University take part in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the 'academic family' on November 23, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland.

The gallery brought to you by: Your gallery is loading. You will automatically be redirected in 15 seconds Students from St Andrews University take part in a foam fight as part of the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland / Reuters

Finance officials from the world's 20 leading economies met on November 7 in St.

Pirate attacks on shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa have shown no sign of relenting, and the nations policing the seas are struggling to find solutions in a mission that seems to be covering a growing area and time frame.

Tags: Timothy Geithner , ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- A proposal to levy a tax on bank transactions, urged by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has been rejected by the United States, officials say.

SUBS 2nd graf to CORRECT to this year. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland Tom Watson's place in the next five British Opens is safe after the Royal & Ancient's decision to change one of its exemption rules.