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Galloway registers to become Scotland’s next National Park

Campaigners in Galloway hope the area could become Scotland's next National Park. Scottish Government Biodiversity Minister Lorna Slater has unveiled a public consultation on the...
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Photographer Soo Burnell returns to Edinburgh with new exhibition

Scottish photographer Soo Burnell is returning to Edinburgh with a stunning new exhibition which pays homage to the city she grew up in. Burnell has...
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Scottish Masterchef winner Jamie Scott to open new restaurant

Scottish Masterchef winner Jamie Scott will open his new restaurant this week - offering diners a more relaxed experience than his other award winning eatery....
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Noss Nature Reserve reopened following avian flu outbreak

Noss National Nature Reserve has reopened to the public following the island’s closure last year due to avian flu. The Noss ferry has resumed service...

Tributes after charity air ambulance founder John Bullough dies suddenly

Tributes have been paid to one of the founders of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance after he died suddenly. Chairman of SCAA John Bullough died in...
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Luxury floating hotel Fingal helps to raise awareness of bees

Scotland’s luxury floating hotel Fingal is helping to raise awareness of bees as part of a global bid to protect them. Fingal, in Edinburgh, will...

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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...
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...
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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...