It has just been announced that Scotland is to gain five of the biggest wind farms in Europe. Scotland already has this countries largest wind farm at Whitelee, near Glasgow, an amazing 140 turbins, each standing 110m high which generates enough electricity for 180,000 homes. Keith Anderson, managing director of ScottishPower Renewables said: “We will […]
Last Friday saw the Saddleworth & District Whit Friday Brass Band Contests go off with a bang. Often described as ‘The greatest free show on earth.’ bands from all over the country and Europe come to show off their skills. Many drinks are had by the bands as they move from town to town performing […]
A new reflective tartan has been designed and produced to celebrate the Return to the Ridings, a major event in this year’s Homecoming celebrations. The new fabric has been modelled yesterday by Laura Robson, who will take part in the Peebles Beltane Festival later this month. the colours of the tartan represent the history, heritage […]
The island of Berneray or Barra Head is a tiny island in the Outer Hebrides. Sadly the last residents of this remote Scottish island are finally leaving the land where their ancestors have lived for generations. They are looking to start up new lives across the sea. This week will see the start of the […]
An old Clan feud has resurfaced after plans were announced that the remains of Rob Roy MacGregor were to be dug up. The legendary outlaw is believed to have been buried in Balquhidder, Stirlingshire. But the chief of Clan MacLaren now plans to exhume a body for DNA testing, proving once and for all if […]
Is this the premise for the latest Dan Brown thriller? Maybe it is the location of a vast Jacobite treasure horde or maybe even the secret of how Sean Connery delivered milk to half of Edinburgh every morning. So what is this great secret… Well in the words of the most recent advert, ‘It’s Fizzy, […]
Curtains that once hung in Culloden House have been purchased by Matthew Donnachie, who belongs to the historic society ‘A Circle of Gentlemen’. They may even have hung in the bedroom used by Bonnie Prince Charlie on the night before the Battle of Culloden. A piece of the tartan has been framed and is being […]
This week saw Britain’s oldest mother give birth at 66 a story trumped in the animal kingdom by a Scottish Osprey. Scotland’s oldest and most prolific osprey mother has hatched her 45th and 46th chick. This amazing bird travels around 3,000 miles every year from Arica to Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve, near Dunkeld. […]
For Scottish daredevil cat Charlie, walls are no obstacle – he scales the two-storey wall of his owner’s home to get back inside. His gravity-defying antics have earned him the nickname “Spider-cat”. And the seven-year-old cat has now become something of a local celebrity among neighbours in Denny, near Falkirk. Celebrity cat owner Hannah Smith […]
Homecoming’s main event – ‘The Gathering’ has come under attack when it issued a ban on all whisky products citing a conflict of interest with one of it’s main sponsors Diageo. This action has angered the smaller distileries who say the orgainsers of The Gathering and Homecoming have going against their original promise of promoting […]
