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Scran Academy delivers 100,000th lockdown meal

A CHARITY in Edinburgh will today deliver its 100,000th meal since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Scran Academy in Pilton has worked with more...

Trossachs e-bike trail map hits the road

A NEW map showing six e-bike trails through the Trossachs has been launched. The routes take in sights like Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, Duchray Castle,...

Two pupils share St Mary’s Music School prize

TWO pupils from St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh have been awarded the Directors’ Recital Prize jointly for the first time in the award's 20-year...
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First drive-in movies unveiled

SUNSHINE on Leith, The Princess Bride, and La La Land are among the titles that have been chosen for the first drive-in movies at Edinburgh...
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Organic distillery fills ‘Hope lies in dreams’ casks

A DISTILLERY on the Morvern peninsula is marking 2020 by launching 60 limited edition casks. Nc’nean, named after the Gaelic queen of the spirits, will...

Female film goes live tonight

A FILM about women's lives in 20th century Scotland will be available online from tonight. The National Library of Scotland's Her Century show will begin...

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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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