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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...
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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....
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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...

Chip shop lands sustainability prize

THE Bay Fish & Chips in Stonehaven has netted an award for its sustainability. The chippy scooped the "Sustainable Business Award" at "The Cateys", an...
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Dame Judi Dench supports Scottish forest

ACTRESS Dame Judi Dench and her family have dedicated a grove at the Woodland Trust’s Ledmore & Migdale Wood in Sutherland “for the people we...

Scots chef ready for Christmas at your house

SCOTLAND'S restaurants are getting ready to serve Christmas dinner at your house this year. Chefs have come up with a selection of festive options, ranging...
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SVQ level 2 candidate of the year winner Ariane Bennett of DH Robertson butchers in Arbroath pictured with her mum and dad Pamela and Steven
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Butchers are a cut above the rest

SCOTTISH butchers are celebrating after scooping prizes at the industry's annual training awards. Ariane Bennett, 19, who works for her family's Arbroath butchers D H...
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Sheila Fleet Jewellery team raises £5,000 for charity

THE team at Sheila Fleet Jewellery on Orkney has raised more than £5,000 for Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland (PCAS) by "travelling" nearly 1,300 miles to...

Estates vow to continue wildlife scheme

SCOTTISH estates have vowed to continue expanding an international wildlife and habitat accreditation scheme beyond the UK's European Union (EU) transition. Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES),...