More recently, a heartbroken Colin Firth retreated to a house near Vidauban in the 2003 romance Love Actually.
Their success followed the gold medal won by Seaforde swimmer Bethany Firth in the 100m backstroke.
Norwich-born Neil Swain helped Firth perfect the stammer that the future monarch battles in the film.
Earlier this week, Mr Salmond said the firth was the Saudi Arabia of marine power.
The dome-shaped land mass in the Firth of Clyde rises to 1100 ft above sea-level.
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Rush and Firth give the film an animus and a combative urgency that are missing elsewhere.
Colin Firth won Best Actor and writer David Seidler, 73, won for Best Original Screenplay.
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As reluctant royal student and impertinent teacher, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush give memorable performances.
The Pentland Firth crossing has also been cancelled on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
The Kessock Bridge carries the A9 trunk road across the Beauly Firth close to Inverness.
Firth is "optimistic" about state involvement in film investment and called the BFI's involvement "very positive".
Police and Marine Scotland officers have stepped up patrols to tackle illegal cockling on the Solway Firth.
Sakander Mahmood, 26, of Firth Park, Sheffield, admitted sending the group a hoax message through its website.
Russian vessels began to appear in the Moray Firth on Monday to seek shelter from stormy weather.
The five options are Caledonia Bridge, Firth of Forth Crossing, St Margaret's Crossing, Queensferry Crossing and Saltire Crossing.
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Campania, a Clyde-built, Blue Riband-winning Cunard liner wrecked in the Firth of Forth just off Burntisland in 1918.
The agreement between the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters and South West parks was described as a "milestone".
Highland Fresh Mussels was launched 14 years ago to harvest shellfish from mussel beds in the Dornoch Firth.
After narrowly avoiding my unpleasant swim in the ice-cold Firth, I returned to my spot in that cleft in the rock.
This leaves Pentland Ferries as the sole operator across the firth, sailing from Gills Bay to St Margaret's Hope.
Maryport Inshore Rescue Service (MIRS) operates one high-speed boat independently of the RNLI in an around the Solway Firth.
Not all of us can be as composed as the British Colin Firth.
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The award of the lease comes after two years of feasibility work in the waters of the Pentland Firth.
Earlier this month, Highland Council also gave its backing to a tidal energy project planned for the Pentland Firth.
More carriages will also be added to train services that travel along the southern shores of the Beauly Firth.
Gold medallists Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop and Bethany Firth were all honoured with gold boxes in Eglinton, Glengormley and Seaforde.
Plans to build the world's largest offshore wind project in the Outer Moray Firth have been submitted to Marine Scotland.
Among the other guests at the event were Colin Firth, Sir Ian McKellen, Ruth Wilson, Bill Nighy and Ralph Fiennes.
Police said the incident happened while Chantelle Firth was eating lunch at Pentland Primary School in Billingham, Teesside, on Thursday.
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The Kessock Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1982, carries the A9 dual carriageway trunk road across the Beauly Firth.
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