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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...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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Woman is first to climb all Scotland’s Grahams in one trip

A climber from the Highlands has become the first woman to climb all the Grahams in Scotland in a single journey. Lorraine McCall took four...
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Capercaillie numbers at leks down 9% amid extinction fears

The number of male Capercaillie at leks was down nine percent amid extinction fears for the species, The Scottish Gamekeepers Association has warned.  Only 153...


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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Scotland’s Flow Country secures Unesco World Heritage status

It's a vast and unspoiled blanket bog that carpets the far north of Scotland. But now The Flow Country has been made a world heritage...
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Laings unveils new Patek Philippe area in flagship Glasgow shop

Sponsored Content | Luxury family jeweller Laings further strengthen their relationship with Swiss-watch brand Patek Philippe through a new dedicated area in the Glasgow flagship...

Children all over Britain will discover Scotland’s beauty with new TV series

Scotland's natural beauty is to introduced to another generation thanks to a new children's television show. CBBC fantasy adventure gameshow Raven is back, having been...
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BILLIE PIPER and DAVID TENANT attend the screening of 'Tooth and Claw', the second episode of Doctor Who Series II, in Glasgow on Thursday April 6th.
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Step back in time as Scottish star David Tennant returns to the TARDIS

Scots star David Tennant is back in his most famous role with the release of three new Doctor Who adventures. Paisley-raised Tennant, who played the...
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There’s nothing dry about these fishy tales and fascinating facts

 A fisherman has brought together a fascinating collection of stories from fishing on the Dee and Spey. Iain Ogden has written his second book, Great...

Honours for Scotland’s top outdoor and leisure businesses

The great and the good of the Scottish outdoor and leisure industry came together to be honoured in Glasgow at the weekend. On Sunday, October...

Outlander star Sam Heughan gives his support to Highland tartan weaving enterprise

More than 10 per cent of the total money needed to bring tartan weaving home to the Scottish Highlands has already been pledged. And Clare...

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