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Canines and company have a dog diary date

If you love dogs and your canine companion enjoys a good day out then the Scottish Borders are the place to be this weekend. On...

Walking festival will return this autumn for another outing

The popular Scottish Borders Walking Festival is returning later this year for its 24th outing. Hawick is hosting this year’s week-long event, with a total...

Electronic reinterpretation of Vivaldi debuts at Edinburgh Festival

Anno, a multi-sensory reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, will come to the Edinburgh Festival for the first time this August. Composed by Anna Meredith, it...
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Glen Nevis Youth Hostel re-opens after £2.1m revamp

Hostelling Scotland's Glen Nevis Youth Hostel in Fort William has re-opened following an extensive eight-month redevelopment project. Is has seen the youth hostel stripped back...

Record-breaking musical comes to Edinburgh this month

Tim Firth’s new British musical featuring Take That hits will play in Edinburgh from 10-14 July. The Band tells the story of five 16 year-old...

Edinburgh’s Floral Clock marks 100 years since Armistice

Marking 100 years since the signing of the Armistice, the finishing touches have been added to Edinburgh’s Floral Clock. The West Princes Street Gardens landmark...

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Sharks and 30ft waves: The deadly risks facing three Scots on a 14,000km Pacific row

For most people, shark-infested waters, mammoth waves, and fish that can pierce a boat’s hull would be the stuff of nightmares.  But for Jamie, Ewan,...
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Plans unveiled for new distillery to resurrect Ferintosh whisky on Black Isle

Plans for a new distillery on the Black Isle which will resurrect long lost Scottish whisky Ferintosh have been unveiled.  Ferintosh was once the largest...
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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...

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