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Jupiter Artland launches a special Winter Series of events
Jupiter Artland - the award-winning, contemporary sculpture park, located just outside Edinburgh - will launch a special new Winter Series. Doors open this season for...
Emergency plan to save capercaillie from extinction in Cairngorms National Park
They have been in decline for decades, with experts believing they could be extinct in the next 20 to 30 years. But now an emergency...
Scottish Highlands serve as backdrop to new philosophical adventurer film inspired by Cairngorms
The Scottish Highlands will serve as the backdrop to a new philosophical adventurer film inspired by the Cairngorms. Filmed during the harsh Scottish winter, The...
‘The story of a very poor grouse season this year is one being repeated across Scotland’
The grouse season is well underway but numbers at the lowest in memory, says Dr Matthew Balfour from St David’s Gamebird Services. It’s the...
Castle belonging to one of Scotland’s oldest clans with links to Sean Connery can be hired for weddings
It belongs to one of Scotland’s oldest clans and has featured in a host of Hollywood movies - but now couples can hire out Duart...
Rum named as Scotland’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary
The Isle of Rum has been designated as Scotland’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary - just the second place in Europe to hold the accreditation....
BBC announces season four of The Traitors in the Scottish Highlands as well as celebrity version
The Traitors has been commissioned for a fourth series, the BBC has announce - as well as a nine-part celebrity version. The news comes ahead...
Great White Egrets successfully fledge in Scotland for the first time
Great White Egrets have successfully fledged in Scotland for the first time. Three chicks left their nest near the Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve near...
No need to get in a flap over resolutions with the RSPB
RSPB Scotland is calling on people who still haven't made a New Year's resolution. Many people are fed up with the same old resolutions, to...
New litter bin emptying scheme is a load of rubbish
Waste disposal isn't a load of rubbish in Perthshire. Perth & Kinross Council is installing sensors in all public litter bins in Perth City Centre...
Mary Berry gives Scone Palace a major tourism boost
Scone Palace had a bumper year as visitor numbers and scone sales soared, while the Mary Berry effect saw a surge in interest in historic...
Generous gamekeepers do their bit to help those in need
Gamekeepers and estates across Angus and Grampian teamed up to provide meals of fresh local game for over 600 homeless and vulnerable people at Christmas....
