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Restaurant review: Antonietta

Richard Bath reviews Antonietta restaurant in Edinburgh. WHAT IS IT? Antonietta is a new Italian restaurant from the company that owns the venerable Vittoria's on...
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Scotland’s chefs get ready for Christmas

SCOTTISH chefs have been preparing for Christmas in a wide variety of ways. Gary Maclean, Scotland's first national chef, has been supporting charity Mary’s Meals'...
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Schools news round-up: Trees, music, and more

Peter Ranscombe calls the register as he rounds-up news from Scotland's schools. Quiet at the back. BELHAVEN Hill School in East Lothian has planted a...

Panto cast visits hospital

THE panto cast from the His Majesty’s Theatre visited the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital yesterday. It's the first time the performers have been able to...

Aberdeen university backs Jacob’s Ladder bid

THE University of Aberdeen’s Elphinstone Institute is backing a community group's bid to restore an historic staircase known as Jacob’s Ladder. The Friends of Jacob’s...

Islanders slam ferry services, but praise staff

SCOTLAND'S ferry services are falling "well below" the public's expectations, according to the Scottish Parliament. Nearly 400 individuals and groups responsed to a survey run...

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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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...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
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Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...