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Life with Forestry and Land Scotland: ‘People would be amazed at the nature that lives in their gardens’
Environment manager for Forestry and Land Scotland, Colin Edwards, spends more time in nature than most. He talks to us about his passion for macrophotography and shining a light on the ‘ugly’ creatures. I took up photography at school, but in those days the cameras used films and were built like tanks. At one…
Read MoreLife with the Wallace Monument: ‘Braveheart is still a huge draw, even after 30 years it has an impact everyday’
Visitor Experience Assistant Sally Jeffrey on climbing the 246 steps of the Wallace Monument everyday and her devastation after climate change protesters attacked the Wallace Sword. I get to work just before 9am. I shuttle all the staff up on the bus and we get ready to start the day. I am an odd…
Read MoreLife with the RNLI: ‘It’s always been part of my family, now I am on the crew with my dad’
For the Burgon family saving lives at sea is in their DNA. For more than 140 years, generations of their family have volunteered for the RNLI. It began with fisherman Peter Burgon who served on the crew of the Berwick lifeboat, and for a time at Eyemouth lifeboat, from 1876. His son William followed in…
Read MoreMonkey that went on the run moved to Edinburgh zoo for a ‘fresh start’
A monkey that went on the run from a wildlife park for more than five days has been moved to Edinburgh Zoo after not settling back into park life with his fellow primates. Honshu, a seven-year-old Japanese macaque, escaped from the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kincraig, last month. He was captured after a local living…
Read MoreFormer Scotland rugby captain leads epic ride to Rome to raise money in memory of Doddie Weir
Former Scotland rugby captain and motor neuron disease (MND) campaigner Rob Wainwright OBE will lead more than 240 cyclists and crew on an gruelling journey to Rome to raise money for the foundation set up by the late, great Doddie Weir. Wainwright, who played 37 times for Scotland and once for the British and Irish…
Read MoreScottish Terriers fall out of favour with dog lovers as puppy numbers plummet
A recognisable mascot for some of the UK’s most iconic brands, it was once the most popular dog breed in the country. But now the future of the Scottish terrier could be under threat as the breed has fallen out of favour with dog lovers in Britain. The small, distinctive Scottie, which is the adopted…
Read MoreScots to cycle from Edinburgh to Rome in aid of My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
A group of seven friends will cycle more than 2700 km from Edinburgh to Rome in aid of Motor Neurone Disease charity, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The cycle will begin at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on 1 March continuing through London, rural France and trailing the Apennine mountains of Italy before descending into the group’s final…
Read MoreNew evidence discovered of Jacobite siege of Stirling Castle
New evidence of the last ever siege of Stirling Castle by Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army is believed to have been discovered at the city’s only surviving medieval gate. The Jacobites first laid siege to Stirling, which surrendered after a few days, and then unsuccessfully laid siege to Stirling Castle across January 1746 as part…
Read MoreWorld’s Toughest Row: Scottish man rows 3,000 miles across the Atlantic
A Scottish businessman who rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic has told of enduring blistering heat and massive 12 metre waves – which capsized his boat. Robbie Laidlaw, from Gullane, East Lothian, set sail from La Gomera, an island off Tenerife where Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World, on 13 December with his…
Read MoreHighland Games dating back to 1880s cancelled due to lack of volunteers
It dates back to the 1880s, but a Highland Games in Fife has been disbanded after organisers failed to find anyone to take on the event. The Cupar Highland Games, which were first launched in 1886, became a regular part of the region’s summer circuit after restarting in 1979. The games were cancelled in 2022…
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