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Kilted skiers set world record
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The world record for the most kilted skiers and snowboarders to go down a piste has been set by more than 200 people on CairnGorm Mountain near Aviemore. All involved, a total of 235, skied down in a...
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Hollywood company plans to buy rights to Scottish turke...
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Kay Ure was stranded for 30 days, kept away from her husband John and her home due to the severe winter snow and storms, and now a Hollywood movie company, Furst Films, has offered the Sutherland co...
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Sir James W. Black dies, aged 85
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Sir James Whyte Black, inventor of beta-blocker drugs has died at the age of 85. His family made the announcement yesterday that he passed away after a long illness. Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshir...
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Stewart Stamp Series Issued by Royal Mail
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A new series of stamps by the Royal Mail have been issued, depicting each of the Stewart monarchs who ruled Scotland between 1406 and 1603, the year of the Union of the Crowns. The series starts wi...
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Craigievar Castle to reopen to the public
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After a £500,000 facelift, taking two years to complete, the National Trust for Scotland has announced that Craigievar Castle is to completely reopen to the public in May. The 17th century castle, ...
Topics: Aberdeenshire, Craigievar Castle
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Sutherland Beach One of the Best in the World
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Sandwood Bay in Sutherland has been named as one of the best 50 beaches in the world by Travel magazine; and only one of five listed from the UK. The bay is around 5 miles south of Cape Wrath, the m...
Topics: Ghosts, Sandwood Bay, Sutherland
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The Westford Knight
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What is claimed as a carving on a glacial boulder in the town of Westford, in Massachusetts, USA, is argued to be proof that an expedition, led by Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, landed on the North...
Topics: Earl of Orkney, Orkney, Roslin Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Westford Knight
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The Font Stone
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If you're walking through the Abriachan Gardens you will come across a heart-shape stone which is deeply embedded in the ground called the Font Stone. The flat rock has a hole in the middle which is f...
Topics: St Columba, St Finian
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Battle of Prestonpans site changes
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A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Tony Pollard from the University of Glasgow's Centre for Battlefield Archaeology (Guard) have concluded in a report that the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans probably too...
Topics: Battle of Prestonpans, Jacobite Rising
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Scottish Soldier's VC and Cannonball sells for £1/4m.
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A set of medals, including the Victoria Cross, and a cannonball, has sold at auction for £252,000, more than doubling its predicted £120,000 price. The medals, which were awarded to John Simpson Kno...
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