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Dalkeith named Heritage Tree Hotspot as Experts Record 500 ‘Living Legends’

Dalkeith Country Park has been revealed as a heritage tree hotspot after experts recorded 500 ancient, veteran and notable oaks over the last year.   Many...

West Lothian Teenager Wins Inspirational Young Person Award 2023

A teenager from West Lothian has won this year’s NFU Mutual’s Inspirational Young Person Award.  Sophie Mackenzie, a 19-year-old hotel supervisor won the award which...
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William Shakespeare’s first folio to go on display

A 400-year-old collection of some of William Shakespeare’s first works including Macbeth is to go on display. The National Library in Edinburgh will display the works as...
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Winners of the Bloody Scotland Debut of the Year and McIlvanney Prize announced

Kate Foster has won the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year for The Maiden (Mantle). Callum McSorley, who is also a debut author, was...
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Still Spirited: A Smooth New Scottish Vodka

Ask anyone to think of spirits synonymous with Scotland and whisky will be top of the list, closely followed by gin with the boom in...
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Dark skies: Top tips for star gazing in Scotland this winter

With the longer nights drawing in, astronomer Dr Alastair Bruce takes us through Scotland’s marvellous dark skies and  shares his top tips for stargazing. Autumn...

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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...

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