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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...
Melissa Curran helps care for Pollok Country Park's herd of 73 Highland Cows.

Life With Pollok Country Park: ‘I have the joy of working with one of the best known cattle breeds in the world’

Fourteen years ago Melissa Curran was a city girl who had never been around cattle. Now, an assistant livestock supervisor, she helps care for Pollok...
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Photo Essay: Dundee’s heritage and nature

Dundee Heritage Trust will host the latest International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition, at Verdant Works Museum this year. Alongside IGPOTY Exhibition 17, images...
Cal Major has travelled 800 miles around Scotland’s wild coast on a paddleboard.

Life With Cal Major: ‘I look forward to the day I look out my window in the Highlands and see dolphins and whales’

Adventurer, vet and ocean advocate Cal Major has travelled 800 miles around Scotland’s wild coast on a paddleboard. Along the way, she made shocking discoveries,...
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Culloden Battlefield: Clan Chief’s shoe buckle among new discoveries

Archaeologists have unearthed fascinating new artefacts from the Culloden Battlefield - including a clan chief's shoe buckle. Researchers working around a 60 square-metre area close...

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Tenants in ‘Scotland’s rainforest’ get no-eviction promise in rewilding deal

Tanants on the Tayvallich estate at Knapdale in Argyll have been promised a “no-eviction policy” by entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett as part of a deal unveiled...
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HMS Unicorn receives £1.1m restoration funding

Scotland's oldest ship, HMS Unicorn, has received more than £1million in funding towards its ongoing restoration. The donation comes from the National Heritage Memorial Fund...
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Osprey chicks fledge the nest

Two osprey chicks born at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve have fledged the nest. Young female osprey PF4 took to the skies for her...
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World’s first pedal cycle invented by Scottish blacksmith to be recreated

The world’s first pedal cycle invented by Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan will be recreated - nearly two centuries after it was ridden around Scotland. Scottish...
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National Trust for Scotland takes Treshnish Isles under its care

The National Trust for Scotland has announced the Treshnish Isles off Scotland's west coast is now under its protection. Eight small uninhabited islands make up...
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World’s oldest floral clock in Edinburgh is completed

This year's design on the world's oldest floral clock has been completed - with more than 50,000 flowers and plants. For 2023, the hugely popular...