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North Coast 500 gets its own podcast
A PODCAST series has been created to promote attractions along the North Coast 500 driving route in the Highlands. Each 45-minute episode focuses on a...
Scottish Pipe Band Championships hit high note
ORGANISERS hailed Saturday's Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton as the "best ever" Some 20,000 spectators flocked for the first staging of...
Fancy owning a 40 million year old crocodile?
THE fossil of a 40 million-year-old crocodile is coming up for auction next week in Glasgow. The ancient croc is one of nearly 200 fossils...
Look out for shelduck feathers at the beach
SCIENTISTS are asking visitors to beaches to look out for shelduck feathers this summer. Shelduck replace their feathers by moutling over the summer. They can't...
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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...
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...
Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons
Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’
Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
