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Complex picture for Scots’ butterflies
WARM summers are the likely cause of an increase in Scotland's butterfly population - but there's a mix picture across its species. The latest Scottish...
A Week in Whisky: Home delivery continues
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up what's been going down in the whisky scene in Scotland and beyond. Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh may be having to shut its...
Rugby referee helps farmers to ‘go green’
RUGBY referee Nigel Owens has teamed up with Barclays Bank to help farmers cut their carbon dioxide emissions. Owens, who farms cattle at Pontyberem in...
Funding for Highland Wildlife Park’s new centre
THE Highland Wildlife Park has moved a step closer to replacing its visitors' centre after being awarded £1 million of funding by Highlands & Islands...
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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...