Tag: National trust for Scotland

Conservation body criticised – for reversing deer cull policy

SCOTLAND’S conservation body has come under fire from environmentalists – after changing their minds about culling thousands of deer. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS)...

Conservation charity vet island applicants to see if they can handle isolation

A CHARITY which rents homes in the country’s most remote islands will introduce a “character test” to weed out those not cut out for...

Nessie pulls in more tourists for lochside castle

THE lure of the Loch Ness monster has made a Scottish castle the third most-visited attraction in the country. Urquhart Castle, on the banks of...

Tuner travels to Canna to fix piano nobody can play

By Alexander Lawrie Heritage chiefs are to spend a small fortune on sending a piano tuner to a remote Scottish island – to tune an...

New tartan commemorates Burns’s 250th anniversary

By Domenica Goduto A new tartan has been created to honour the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth. The patterns will feature colours that represent his...

Rugby legend leaves £2 million will

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE ONE of the last remaining Scottish rugby players with first hand links to the great 1938 Triple Crown-winning team has stunned friends...

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