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Incredible savings with Kitchens International’s January sale

If you’re thinking of refurbishing your kitchen now is the time to do it with up to 25 per cent off all designer kitchen ranges...
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New measures to protect the seas around St Kilda ahead of 30th anniversary of World Heritage Site status

St Kilda has celebrated its first World Heritage Day with new protections in place to safeguard the sea waters around the islands. Conservationists at The...
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Dumfries-shire town of Moffat named as Europe’s first Dark Sky Town

Moffat has been designated as Europe's first 'Dark Sky Town'. In February, the Dumfries and Galloway town joined Coll, the first 'Dark Sky Island' in...

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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...

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