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Children at The High School of Glasgow host digi fair

Children at The High School of Glasgow have been learning about all things digital. The Junior School Digi-Leads Committee, a group of around 30 children...
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Incredible pictures from Aberdeen’s street art festival Nuart

Take a look those these incredible pictures from Aberdeen's street art festival Nuart. The internationally renowned festival saw 13 acclaimed artists create stunning new artwork...
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Paolo Nutini donates gig tickets for online charity auction

Paolo Nutini has donated gig tickets to an auction in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity. Celebrities including Ben Whishaw, Joe Lycett, Brendan O’Carroll, Chris...

Historic steamship Sir Walter Scott returns

Historic steamship Sir Walter Scott will return to the water following major renovations. The steamship, which was built by Denny’s of Dumbarton in 1899, is...

Review: Cinema premier of Stella

Jeremy Welch reviews Stella, the new award-winning film which is set in Galloway. It's 1937 and the storm clouds are darkening over Europe as war...
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Incredible cliff-top Caithness castle goes on the market for £25million

An incredible cliff-top castle spanning nearly 30,000 acres has gone on the market - for £25million. Dunbeath Estate and Castle, which sits on the Caithness...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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...
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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...
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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...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
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Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...