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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...

Visitors flocked to Historic Environment Scotland properties

Tourists have been flocking to Aberdeenshire’s historic sites as Historic Environment Scotland has announced record-breaking visitor figures for the 2017 summer season. The summer season...
Be Charlotte with Scottish Opera - Glasgow - 2 October 2017 - © Julie Broadfoot - www.juliebee.co.uk

Scottish Opera performers collaborate with Scottish pop acts

Scottish Opera and a pop performers are working together for #OperaPassion Day later this month. As part of BBC Arts Digital’s #OperaPassion Day on Thursday,...

Businesses called to attend Lochaber tourism event

Businesses throughout Lochaber are being invited to attend a special tourism day. Lochaber Chamber of Commerce is inviting tourism-related businesses throughout the area - the...

Edinburgh spa launches touch therapy spa treatment

Edinburgh's One Spa is thinking pink this October as they launch a new spa treatment suitable for those currently living with or recovering from cancer....
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Special event to mark £15.4million restoration of A-listed building

A project to preserve one of West Dunbartonshire’s oldest buildings will be the subject of a special event next week. The A-listed façade of the...
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Company bids to bring tartan weaving back to the Scottish Highlands

A kickstarter campaign looking to raise £500,000 for a new tartan weaving enterprise is taking shape on the Black Isle, just north of Inverness. 'Build...