WEEK IN NUMBERS

130

The height in feet of the chimney of St John’s Works in Falkland.

The structure, the last relic of the town’s century of industrial heritage, was knocked down this week following concerns about safety.

£10,200

The price paid at auction for a rare Star Wars figure.

The Jawa figure crucially came with a vinyl cape, not a cloth one. It had been bought for pocket money prices around 1980 and never taken out of the box.

100kg

The weight of a gold coin worth millions of pounds, stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin.

The thieves apparently entered through a window before breaking into a cabinet where the Canadian coin was kept.

12

The number of sides on the new £1 coin which has entered circulation.

The new coin has been described as the most secure in the world and boasts high-tech features such as a hologram.

£2m

The amount spent on a project to introduce average speed cameras to the A9.

The stretch between Dundee and Stonehaven will see the cameras before the end of the year. Transport Scotland expects the cameras to reduce the number of collisions.

109

The age of Scotland’s oldest man – Alf Smith of St Madoes.

Mr Smith enjoyed a treat of smoked haddock and poached egg. He emigrated to Canada in 1927, but came home.