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Doric scriever starts residency
DORIC writer Shane Strachan has been named as the next Scots scriever by the National Library of Scotland. The role involves promoting the Scots language...
Next rural medical drones test flights begin
DRONES could soon be delivering medicines, blood, and test results to rural and island communities throughout Scotland as the next phase of a pilot project...
‘End is nigh’ again for capercaillie, warn experts
THE capercaillie could become extinct in Scotland for a second time unless its predators are controlled, according to conservationists. This year's brood survey by the...
Hunt is on to find game meat champions
NOMINATIONS have opened for the next Eat Game Awards. The Eat Game initiative, which was created by the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC),...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...