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St Andrews gears up for The Open

GOLF'S Open championship returns to its spiritual home in St Andrews next week and the Fife town is gearing up for the tournament's 150th anniversary....
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Sam Heughan gets his honorary doctorate

OUTLANDER actor Sam Heughan today received an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow. Heughan graduated from what was then the...

Mackie’s TV stardom sends honeycomb GB wide

MACKIE'S honeycomb ice cream flavour is now on sale across Great Britain - thanks to a little help from Gregg Wallace. The Aberdeenshire-based ice cream...

Joe Wicks hits Scone Palace and Thirlestane Castle

TELEVISION star Joe Wicks will visit Thirlestane Castle in Lauder and Scone Palace near Perth next month as part of his exercise show tour. The...

Balmoral Estate among wildlife award winners

THE Queen's Balmoral Estate is among seven recipients of Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES) accreditation. The international award recognises the estates' and farms' ongoing work in...
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The GWCT Scottish Game Fair 2022 at Scone Palace, Perthshire.
Day two (Saturday) of The GWCT Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace in Perthshire. The annual event, which is the largest and longest-running game fair in Scotland, is an important fundraiser for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - charity that conducts research into vulnerable species such as capercaillie and salmon.
PICTURED Roxanne Blather of  Elite Falconry in Fife with a 6 year old Martial Eagle called Pebbles.

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Enjoy these photos from the Scottish Game Fair

MORE than 32,000 people attended the Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace near over the weekend, according to figures released by the three-day event's organiser....

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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...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

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...