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Apartment in Victorian building designed by Alexander Thomson up for sale
A stunning apartment located within an iconic Victorian A-Listed building designed by Alexander Thomson is up for sale in the west end of Glasgow. The three-bedroom property is found within the “Greek Thomson” on Great Western Terrace. Designed in 1869 by Alexander Thomson, Great Western Terrace stands upon a stone platform contained at either end…
Read MoreEdinburgh cinema holding dog-friendly screenings of Wes Anderson film
An Edinburgh cinema is to hold dog-friendly screenings with pooches even getting their own blankets. Cameo Picturehouse has two special screenings of Asteroid City for people who want to take along their four legged friends to the cinema with them. The film, by Wes Anderson, will be shown on 1 July at 11am and 2…
Read MoreCheeky barn owl spotted retreating to rabbit hole to escape noisy brood
Sometimes we all need a bit of peace and quiet. But gamekeepers in the Lammermuirs were astonished when this male barn owl was spotted retreating to a disused rabbit hole everyday for some downtime away from his chicks. The owl is father to a brood of chicks nesting 200 yards down the valley in a…
Read MoreHeatwave uncovers garden design dating back 150 years at Inveraray Castle
A garden design which dates back more than 150 years has been uncovered at Inveraray Castle during the recent heatwave. The previous landscape design, which forms part of the castle’s formal gardens in Argyll, revealed itself during the dry weather. It is the first time that the current generation of the Argyll family has seen…
Read MoreVictorian Scots Greys tankard could fetch nearly £2,000 at auction
A 19th century tankard for the Scots Greys could fetch nearly £2,000 when it goes under the hammer. The Scots Greys are perhaps best remembered for the part they played at the Battle of Waterloo. The lid of the silver peg tankard is engraved with a thistle and has a Waterloo guidon finial thumbpiece. Auctioneers…
Read MoreWemyss Bay is top of the stops
Wemyss Bay is top of the stops after being crowned the UK’s best-loved station. The station emerged victorious in the Rail Delivery Group’s World Cup of Stations 2023. Station staff, volunteers, train operators and customers embraced the competition, with more than 70,000 votes cast throughout the week. During the 16 head-to-head battles, the 48 stations…
Read MoreJeweller Hamilton & Inches launches new collection using Scottish gold
Jeweller Hamilton & Inches has launched a new collection made using Scottish gold. The gold was extracted from Scotgold Resources’ Cononish Gold Mine in Tyndrum, Scotland’s first and only gold mine. It was then handcrafted into the ten piece collection in the goldsmith workshop above the Hamilton & Inches showroom in Edinburgh. Each of the…
Read MoreWhich birds are missing from your area?
THERE are 73 million fewer birds in the UK than there were back in 1970, according to figures released by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to mark today’s International Dawn Chorus Day. Almost 30 million house sparrows, 20 million starlings, four million skylarks, two million blackbirds, and one million chaffinches have vanished from the…
Read MoreHow Granny’s copper coin inspired flower innovation
IT’S a Granny’s trick passed down from generation to generation – and used by plenty of church flower arrangers too: stick a copper penny in a vase of cut flowers to make them last longer. Copper inside old pennies kills the bacteria that builds up in the water, stopping them from attacking the flowers. Now,…
Read MoreIslanders slam ferry services, but praise staff
SCOTLAND’S ferry services are falling “well below” the public’s expectations, according to the Scottish Parliament. Nearly 400 individuals and groups responsed to a survey run by Holyrood’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee. The results, published today, revealed anger at “short-notice service cancellations and the impact this is having on many aspects of life in…
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