NEWS

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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
Ewan McCuish.

Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
Credit: Rachel Bolton.

Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital

‘This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again,’ Alexander...
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Life With a horologist: ‘In watchmaking you can’t cut corners or learn things overnight, it takes time’

Laings watchmaker Annika Leppala on following in her grandfather's footsteps as a horologist, learning the art of patience in a world full of immediacy and...

High School of Glasgow pupils tutor local kids

PUPILS from The High School of Glasgow are becoming tutors for children in Maryhill through the Volunteer Tutors Organisation (VTO). Glasgow-based VTP runs a leadership...

Search begins for Scots language champion

A PUBLIC vote gets underway tomorrow to find this year's Scots language champion. Arts organisation Hands Up For Trad is publishing a list of nominees...

Feragaia opens Scotland’s first alcohol-free distillery

ALCOHOL-FREE brand Feragaia has opened a distillery at Glenrothes in Fife, the first facility of its kind in Scotland. So far, Feragaia - which was...

Scotland’s seabirds disturbed by rising boat traffic

INCREASED boat traffic is disturbing many of Scotland's seabirds, according to new research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). The charity monitored 11 species...
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Artificial intelligence gets arty for Scotland

TOURISM marketing body VisitScotland has used an artificial intelligence (AI) program to create pictures of Scotland. Photographs and paintings were fed into the NightCafe AI...

Foraging Fortnight begins on Saturday

SCOTLAND'S Foraging Fortnight begins on Saturday, with events taking place throughout the country. Talks, workshops, and walks have been organised as part of the Orkney...