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Scottish forests join The Queen’s Green Canopy

TWENTY-ONE of Scotland's ancient forests and 19 of its ancient trees have been selected to join The Queen’s Green Canopy. The woodlands are among 70...

‘Dig for Victory’ at National Museum of Flight events

VISITORS will be "digging for victory" this Sunday at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian. The museum, which is based...

Highlands and islands to star at Royal Highland Show

NEXT month's Royal Highland Show will promote businesses from the Highlands and islands as the event celebrates its bicentenary. The inaugural show took place in...

Lanarkshire butcher scoops UK title

A BUTCHER'S shop in North Lanarkshire has been crowned the "Best in Britain". S Collins & Son in Muirhead was named as Britain's best butcher's...

Eilidh’s trust helps young musicians with £50,000 fund

YOUNG musicians will benefit from a £50,000 funding scheme set up in memory of 14-year-old piper Eilidh MacLeod from Barra, who was killed in the...

Edinburgh’s book festival unveils schools events

COMICS, climate change, and knitting are all on the agenda for the schools programme at this summer's Edinburgh International Book Festival. Every event is free...

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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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