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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 airport next month. Thirteen films have been chosen for the first weekend of the series, which begins on 27-30 August. Tickets are now on sale for the movies, which also…
Read MoreOrganic 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 stencil each of the barrels with the phrase “Hope lies in dreams” to mark the coronavirus pandemic and its impact. The casks will be filled with spirit distilled this year.…
Read MoreFemale 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 broadcasting at 5pm today on its Youtube channel. The film toured around cinemas during the run-up to lockdown and was due to be shown at the library in Edinburgh this…
Read MoreTennent’s catches gas to keep lager fizzy
BREWING giant Tennent’s is to capture the carbon dioxide gas given off when it makes its beer and use it to keep its lager fizzy. Two giant 25-tonne tanks were lifted into place over the weekend to catch the gas at the company’s Wellpark brewery in Glasgow. A crane weighing 1,000 tonnes was needed to…
Read MoreFarmers help Scotty Brand pop its cherry
A FARMING family in Perthshire has helped Scotty Brand to add cherries to its range of soft fruit. Rowan and Jennifer Marshall have grown enough cherries at their West Jordanstone and Muirton farms to fill more than 25,000 punnets. The fruit is now going on sale at 56 Asda branches in Scotland, marking the first…
Read MoreAberdeen’s biggest zero-waste shop opens
GOING green just became easier in Aberdeen following the opening yesterday of the Granite City’s largest zero-waste store. Refillosophy on Albyn Grove sells coffee beans, loose tea, fresh fruit and vegetables and other items that customers can take home in their own containers, cutting down on the amount of plastic and other packaging. Items on sale…
Read MoreLeith Spirits flooded with hand sanitiser orders
A DISTILLERY in Leith that gave away more than 15,000 bottles of hand santiser during just two months has now been inundated with orders for its gel. Leith Spirits, which paid £35,000 in duty to make the first batches of sanitiser, gave the initial runs to the police, healthcare staff and other key workers. Now,…
Read MoreDistillery buys Bonnie Prince Charlie’s island hideout
North Uist Distillery has bought Nunton Steadings on Benbecula, where Bonnie Prince Charlie hid following the Battle of Culloden. Master distiller Jonny Ingledew and creative director Kate MacDonald now want to turn the steading into a distillery and visitors’ centre. They want to make whisky from locally-grown bere barley, as well producing their Downpour gin,…
Read More‘Wellbeing manager’ sets sail on Fingal
FLOATING luxury hotel Fingal has appointed its first “wellbeing manager” as it prepares to reopen on 22 July. Mari-Nel Scorer will be responsible for ensuring that “overnight guests, and local diners, continue to enjoy a unique, luxurious and seamless experience onboard”. Scorer will take on the new role in addition to her duties as front-of-house…
Read MoreFilm follows the drovers’ trail through Perthshire
THE stories behind Scotland’s ancient drove roads are being told in a new film, which has been made to promote perthshiregravel.com, a guide to off-road cycling across Highland Perthshire. In the video, round-the-world single-speed cyclist Markus Stitz retraces the route used by cattle drovers from the Cairngorms through the Tay Valley to Crieff, which became…
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