A former Ayrshire construction worker who designed the first tartan to go into space is set ... in 2003 by Dr Carroll and the late Sir Sean Connery, and takes place in The Church of the Heavenly ...

Tartan Day falls on April 6 ... with massed pipe bands led by familiar faces such as Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Sam Heughan and Karen Gillan who have taken on the honour of being Grand Marshal.

"It's going to be brilliant." KT Tunstall becomes first woman to lead NYC's Tartan Day parade Previous Grand Marshals include Sir Sean Connery, Alan Cumming, Sam Heughan and Brian Cox, while KT ...

First held in 1999 when a couple of pipe bands and a small bunch of enthusiastic Scottish-Americans took to the streets of New York, the annual Tartan Day Parade has become a big event in recent ...