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A new brewing garden, nuttery and tea plantation are being created as part of an overhaul of the grounds at an iconic clifftop castle in the west of Scotland.
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It’s not been a good week for Vauxhall. The national TV news showed evidence of the Zafira MPV bursting into flames. This was first reported three years ago. Vauxhall has now recalled a further 47,000 Zafiras at risk in the latest conflagration.
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The BBC claimed it is “crucial” for British media after regulators highlighted a risk of the broadcaster squeezing out online competition.
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The Director of the Glasgow School of Art is set to leave the role as the recovery from a second catastrophic fire at the Mackintosh Building continues.
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The brother of tragic Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison, who took his own life earlier this year, spoke of his heartbreak that his sibling missed his wedding.
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“Remember remember the fifth of November.” But why exactly do we venture out into the cold to stand around a bonfire and set off fireworks every year on that date?
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This week Teenage Fanclub played three shows in Glasgow, each one focussing on different albums released during the band’s decade with Creation Records. Fiona Shepherd and David Pollock were there...
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Seldom can Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto have sounded so fleet-footed, light, airy and – well, human. Yes, it’s a grand, imposing utterance, but in the hands of Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt – on stage with the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra for the second of the Usher Hall’s Sunday Classics ...
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For newcomers, the entire concept of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a treat waiting to be unwrapped, but for loyal followers of all-male ballet company, each visit to Scotland still offers something new and delicious to be devoured.
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We love visiting the Highlands and the Macdonald New Drumossie Hotel looked just the ticket for a relaxing mini-break – small children permitting – to celebrate my birthday. As we pulled up to the hotel 10 minutes south of the centre of Inverness...
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He is heard by more than 300 million television viewers across the United States every week, but the chances are that very few realise the voice belongs to a man broadcasting from the bedroom of his cottage in North-east Scotland.
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In the early 1990s, surfing underwent a seismic cultural shift. Just as soft rock bands were made to look like dinosaurs almost overnight by the emergence of grunge, so the muscle-bound power surfers who...
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Morning drinking for holidaymakers at UK airports could be banned under proposals being put forward by the government.
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A symbol of the travels through the far-off wilderness of America’s west by one of East Lothian’s most famous sons will now be immortalised..in the form of a 15ft tall metal bear.
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Dog owners are being reminded to take extra care of their pets this Halloween, as new research reveals more than half of pooches get scared at this time of year.
