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

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‘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’

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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’

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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

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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’

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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

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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...

Borders rugby legend Doddie Weir onhand for unveiling of new whisky

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Doddie Weir, the Borders rugby legend who was recently diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, was the guest of honour for the unveiling of the second...
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Carcrabank Hill Farm goes on the market

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Galbraith presents to the market Cacrabank Farm in Selkirk. This is an excellent hill farm with forestry potential extending to about 687.29 acres with cottage...
This image is FREE to use (first use) - Brick to the Past - Lego at Stirling Castle - Ava Green (8), from Broxburn, West Lothian, visits a brand new LEGO exhibition at Stirling Castle. The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne by Brick to the Past recreates key moments in Jacobite history in around one million LEGO bricks, including over 2000 individual soldiers from both sides of the conflict as well as depictions of several of Scotland’s historic buildings all in the shadow of the Cairngorms mountain range. The exhibition, mounted in the Queen’s Outer Hall of the Castle, is on display for the first time in Scotland and will run until 2nd February 2018 - for further information please see https://www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk/whatson/ or contact Claire Mullaney, Communications Officer, Historic Environment Scotland on 0131 668 8588 or 07881 512 379 or at Claire.Mullaney@hes.scot - picture by Donald MacLeod - 04.12.2017 - 07702 319 738 - clanmacleod@btinternet.com - www.donald-macleod.com

The plastic fantastic bringing Scottish history to life

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Over one million Lego bricks have been used to bring Scottish history to life. Visitors to Stirling Castle will be able to step back in...
WWW.IANGEORGESONPHOTOGRAPHY.CO.UK Picture: Young Champion Holly MacLean UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 06.00am ON MONDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2017 Voting opens to decide the nation’s #ScotWord which will be revealed in the epic flaming finale of the Torchlight Procession at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay   Final shortlist of possible #ScotWords as decided by the young people of Scotland announced in national campaign to choose one word which best answers the question – ‘What makes you proud to live in Scotland’   Young people continue to lead the debate and now call for engagement across all generations as everyone in Scotland is encouraged to vote for their favourite #ScotWord in a public vote. Voting is now live via scotword.edinburghshogmanay.com The #ScotWord which wins the public vote will form the stunning culmination of the iconic Torchlight Procession launching Edinburgh’s Hogmanay to the world Edinburgh’s Hogmanay puts the young people of Scotland centre stage heralding the start of the Year of Young People 2018 IMAGE HERE   IMAGES AVAILABLE HERE What makes you proud to live in Scotland? #CULTURE #BRAW #WELCOME #HAME #ALIVE #DIVERSE #BONNIE Today, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay launched a nationwide vote to ask Scotland to choose its #ScotWord from these words which have been selected by the young people of Scotland.     Young people have been the driving force behind #ScotWord from the outset of the campaign and in this exciting final phase now lead in widening the discussion around Scottish pride and facilitating intergenerational debate in homes, communities and online as the call is issued to everyone in Scotland to campaign and vote for their favourite #ScotWord.    The vote is open until 17th December but the #ScotWord which wins the public vote won’t be revealed until the 30th December when it will form the stunning culmination of the iconic Torchlight Procession. This moment is set to launch Edinburgh’s Hogmanay to the world with a unique new image an

Voting opens to decide the nation’s #ScotWord

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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay has launched a nationwide vote to ask Scotland to choose its #ScotWord from a selection which have been made by the young people...

Performers are honoured at Scots Trad Music Awards

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The biggest and best names in Scots trad music were honoured at a glitzy award ceremony in Paisley on Saturday night. The MG ALBA Scots...

Mackie’s new parlour will be the ice cream of the crop

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A flagship new ice cream parlour is set to open in Aberdeen and welcome its first visitors. Mackie’s of Scotland will launched its exciting new venue tomorrow,...
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