Makeover for Gretna

Scotland on Sunday - Opinion - Leaders - Makeover for Gretna:

"GRETNA is in line for a facelift. The wedding capital of Scotland (some would claim, of the world) is to be revamped in a style that will enable it to compete with its closest rival, Las Vegas."

"As for the Old Blacksmith’s Shop - the whole concept is so ‘Then’, when what we need is a wedding venue that shrieks ‘Now!’ What bride wants to be married on an anvil? (Okay, 16 a day at present, but we can do better than that.) Cobblers to horse-cobblers - since much of the cash is coming from an £8m pot for local regeneration after the closure of Chapelcross nuclear power station, why not shift the venue there?"

There was something intriguing about the old fashioned charm of Gretna Green...