Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sgian-dubh is a small, single-blade, Scottish ceremonial knife, usually tucked into kilt hose as part of ...

THE sgian dubhs blade, traditionally worn with Highland dress, will be allowed at next year's Battle of Bannockburn festival after bosses back tracked on health and safety fears. Organisers of ...

A CANADIAN bagpiper of Scots descent has had his sgian-dubh confiscated and fined for carrying a knife. Kilted Jeff McCarthy was walking down the street in Montreal when police spotted the ceremonial ...

A CYCLIST ploughed down a pedestrian while riding on a pavement with a knife stashed in his backpack. Andrew Cameron, 35, is facing jail for carrying the sgian dubh blade as he smashed into Kathleen ...