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Piping Live! teams up with fashion partner for good cause
Music and fashion will pipe up for mental health at a major festival next month. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, has teamed up with one of Glasgow’s top designers. While the brief was to create a cool new bag cover for bagpipes which aided comfort for the player, an inspired idea to incorporate…
Read MoreFirm picks charity partner for 150th birthday year
A famous Scottish food group is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary – and chosen a worth cause as its charity partner. Baxters will be working together with Macmillan Cancer Support throughout its 150th year in a bid to raise over ÂŁ100,000. The funds will support two Macmillan nurses for a year, enabling them to…
Read MoreWorking in the garden good for mental health
Britain’s gardeners value time spent outdoors more highly for their mental wellbeing than as a source of exercise. That’s according to research conducted by Quilter Cheviot Investment Management, headline sponsors of BBC Countryfile Live. Nearly nine out of ten (88%) respondents agreed that gardens provide a good space for mental wellbeing. This was more important…
Read MoreFarm transforms for family bike and outdoor festival
Mountain bikers and lovers of family fun in the great outdoors are in for a real treat at the end of August as The Eliminator MTB Weekender returns. Supported by EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate, it will be back at Parkhill Farm, Newburgh, Fife from Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 September. The everyday…
Read MoreFiddlers gather for a celebration in Aberdeen
Scottish fiddlers will be taking a bow at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention. Young musicians are taking centre stage at the event, being held in north-east Scotland. Taking place during Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018, it is in tune to deliver its biggest ever youth programme. Starting yesterday, from traditional fiddle classes to a…
Read MoreA beautiful new development in the Lothians
A new community is being unveiled in sought-after North Berwick by multi-award-winning homebuilder Dandara, offering the very best of life in the Lothians in beautiful family homes built to the highest specification. Renowned for setting the standard for new build homes, Dandara’s first major development in Edinburgh and the Lothians is Barley Brae, at Tantallon…
Read MoreNew approved list from the British Game Alliance
A list of assured shoots and agents is now live on the British Game Alliance website. When people are looking to go shooting, they want to ensure they are supporting the best practice in British game, which the Alliance encourages. Nearly 100 shoots have joined over the last month – demonstrating to others that they…
Read MoreHaving six jobs on a remote Scots island saved Sarah’s life
A Scottish woman in her 20s will tell the country how moving to a remote island saved her. The Island That Saved My Life will be broadcast on BBC One next Monday, 16 July, revealing how, at the age of 23 and suffering from depression and shyness Sarah Moore moved from her family home near…
Read MoreYoung Scot’s war bravery marked with exhibition
A celebration of the bravery of a Scottish First World War hero is currently taking place. Sergeant John Meikle was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the British Armed Forces’ highest award for outstanding feats of valour, in July 1918 in recognition of his bravery during bitter fighting in France during the Great War. The 19-year-old,…
Read MoreV&A Museum at the heart of Scotland and Japan links
The eagerly anticipated opening of V&A Dundee was among the experiences highlighted to travel trade and airline contacts during a visit to Japan. The visit was made by Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop. The renowned attraction, which will open on Dundee’s waterfront in September, marks a unique opportunity to…
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