Gill Smith

3 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Gill Smith

EVERY year the King entertains tens of thousands of guests at Buckingham Palace. Of course it’s not really entertaining, it’s work. All part of the job. And, on Wednesday night, hours before he was taken to hospital suffering side effects from cancer treatment, he was doing just that — his job. Around 400 journalists had gathered in the Palace ballroom to celebrate local and regional journalism.

Jan 18, 2025 | thescottishsun.co.uk | Gill Smith

WE all love a bit of winter sun and one of the best ways to find it is to fly Norse to South — Norse Atlantic that is. And when I say South, I’m talking South Africa or, to be more precise, Cape Town. It’s long haul — but you won’t be left short on budget. And that’s because the no-frills, long haul Norse Atlantic has just launched a direct flight from London Gatwick to Cape Town which costs half the price of competitors like BA and Virgin Atlantic.

Jul 28, 2024 | thescottishsun.co.uk | Gill Smith

THERE are fewer joys in life than turning left on a plane — unless you’ve climbed the rear-door stairs of a prop-job of course. But no such rear-door steps exist when you’re flying business class long haul on the latest Finnair A350. And so begins the journey of effortlessness. I was flying to Bangkok to spend 10 days at a health retreat so what better way to kick off than a multi-leg, multi-meal, multi-drinks fest. The aim? To cram it all in before the hell of fasting began.

May 3, 2024 | thescottishsun.co.uk | Gill Smith

IMAGINE a ‘shiver of sharks’ circling your dive boat out in the middle of the deep blue sea, just waiting for some fresh meat. Then imagine the dive boat skipper throwing in a bucket of blood and guts just to keep them happy before telling you to jump in among those ‘happy sharks’. And if you can imagine all that, then what you have isn’t a shiver of sharks — it’s shivering snorkellers. But this is the North Male Atoll in the Maldives where a shark is almost like your mate . . .

Apr 18, 2024 | thescottishsun.co.uk | Gill Smith |Ruth Warrander |Robert Grieve |Bill Leckie

It follows a bumper year of exclusives in news and sport bringing the best coverage of eventsTHE Scottish Sun has secured 10 nominations in this year’s prestigious Scottish Press Awards. Your favourite newspaper, website and journalists were shortlisted across 9 categories at the event’s 45th ceremony to be hosted next month. It follows a bumper year of exclusives in news and sport bringing the best coverage of events ranging from the SNP police probe to the latest football transfer moves.