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It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

Runnin' with the devil: The stories behind the songs on Slash's Orgy of the Damned

From Robert Johnson to Lightning Hopkins, The Temptations to Stevie Wonder: The original versions of Slash's Orgy Of The Damned songs

Louder · Jun 13, 2024

Hero Scots bus driver saved Glasgow passenger's life when he suffered cardiac arrest

William Bell, better known as Billy, leapt into action when John McCann suffered a cardiac arrest while travelling on the No 57 from Pollokshaws to Glasgow.

Daily Record · Apr 4, 2023

Canadian tourist's trip to Lanarkshire town which shares her name

Airdrie Thompson Guppy is the sixth generation of her family to be named after the home of their ancestor, who emigrated two centuries ago.

Daily Record · Aug 10, 2022

Saved by Mr Bell - bus passenger reunited with the driver who saved his life

William Bell was driving the number 57 bus in Glasgow when passenger John McCann became ill

Wales Online · Feb 17, 2022

Scotland bus driver reunited with passenger after giving him second chance at life

John McCann, 62, from the West End, was travelling on the No 57 route from Pollokshaws to Glasgow to meet friends for a game of tennis when he had a sudden heart attack - and lucky for him driver John McCann saved his life!

Glasgow Live · Feb 17, 2022