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East Kilbride toddler to join Glasgow Children’s Hospital charity walk after life-saving surgery
Aidan, a toddler from East Kilbride, is taking part in the Kami Bear’s Teddy Trail to support the hospital that performed a 15-hour operati…
Glasgow golfer Robbie Bowie-Cameron to captain Scotland at the World Deaf Golf Championships
Robbie Bowie-Cameron will lead the Scottish team at the World Deaf Golf Championships in Sweden next week, marking the first time Scotland …
Structural repairs approved for 15th-century Comlongon Castle
Dumfries and Galloway Council has approved essential restoration work for the 15th-century Comlongon Castle, which closed as a wedding venu…
Inverness to island flight frequencies to be restored in October
The Scottish government has provided over £1m to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd to reinstate regular flight connections between Inverne…
Torridon becomes Scotland's newest National Nature Reserve
NatureScot has granted National Nature Reserve status to a 5,100-hectare area of Wester Ross, stretching from the shores of Loch Torridon t…
Bays of Harris community group secures £1m to buy 27,000-acre estate
After a 14-year campaign, the Bays of Harris Community Estate Ltd has been awarded over £1m by the Scottish Land Fund to purchase a 27,181-…
Cumbernauld congregation to rebuild St Mungo's Church one year after fire
A year after St Mungo's Church in Cumbernauld was destroyed by a deliberate fire, the congregation has announced plans to build a new place…
Floating wind turbine ready for tow to North Sea gas platform
A floating wind turbine has been fully integrated with its foundation and is now ready to be towed to the Culzean gas platform off the Scot…
Bass Rock and Craigleith islands move into charitable ownership for the first time in 320 years
The RSPB has acquired Bass Rock and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth from the Dalrymple family to help protect their significant seabird co…
Loch Ryan hosts five days of high-speed racing for the Scottish Fin and Foil Championships
Over 100 windsurfers, wing foilers, and hydrofoil sailors have gathered in Stranraer for the Scottish Fin and Foil Championships. The event…
Scotland-wide genetic screening offered for specific cancer-linked variants in Orkney and Shetland
People with ancestry from Westray in Orkney or Whalsay in Shetland are to be offered screening for specific BRCA gene variants linked to br…
Snake-like creatures filmed at Rogie Falls identified as migrating elvers
After a video of mysterious creatures at a Highland waterfall went viral, river expert Will Millard confirmed they were juvenile eels known…