An unopened bottle of whisky taken to the front line of the First World War is to be auctioned.

The Croft Blend Fine Old Scotch was taken to France by Corporal William Mill in 1914 but was never opened and he brought it home with him when he returned to Dumfriesshire.

Cpl Mill served with the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the bottle was stored in a suitcase under a bed at his home. It has since been passed down through his family.

Space movie could help pupils

The cosmic science behind blockbuster movie Interstellar could be used in lessons on general relativity, according to the authors of a physics journal paper.

Accurate mathematics and computer simulations went into the film’s depictions of a giant black hole and a wormhole tunnelling through the fabric of spacetime.

In February, a scientific paper from members of the special effects team, including theoretical physicist Professor Kip Thorne, was published in the Institute of Physics journal Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Cars that see around corners

Cars that can “see round corners” are now on the market, offering an end to the practice of drivers having to edge out at blind junctions.

The Ford motor company has come up with a video camera installed in the front grille which displays to the driver a 180-degree view from the front of the car.

At a blind junction or exiting a driveway, the camera enables drivers to easily spot approaching vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists.

Wedding couple want money back

The couple whose wedding at Manhattan’s famous Waldorf Astoria hotel was cut short when a guest’s gun accidentally went off want their money back.

Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer representing bride Anna Gold-shmidt and her husband Elan Stratiyevsky, says they intend to sue or negotiate with the hotel for the costs of the wedding. They are also considering a lawsuit against Vladimir Gotlibovsky, a wedding guest who accidentally fired his gun, grazing a woman in the head. Charges against him have been deferred.

Mr Brafman did not say how much the wedding cost. A Waldorf Astoria New York representative says the reception was cancelled due to safety concerns. The hotel says it made the decision on the “paramount concerns of the safety and security” of the guests and employees.

Town’s offensive name changed

The tiny Spanish pueblo of Castrillo Matajudios, which means “Camp Kill Jews” has officially changed its name back to Castrillo Mota de Judios (Jews’ Hill Camp) following a referendum and regional government approval.

The town, with some 50 inhabitants, voted to change the name last year after the mayor argued the term was offensive and that the town should honour its Jewish origins.

Documents show the town’s original name was Jews’ Hill Camp and that the Kill Jews name dates from 1627, after a 1492 Spanish edict ordering Jews to become Catholics or flee the country. Those who remained faced the Spanish inquisition, with many burned at the stake.