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Bog standard: MP calls for World Heritage Site status for Scots peatland

A GOVERNMENT Minister has joined the call for a blanket bog system in Scotland to become a UNESCO World Heritage site. UK Government Minister for...

In countless ways Portugal will surprise and delight when you step off the traditional tourist path

In the first part of her Portuguese journey, travel writer JEAN WEST finds a destination which veers from raw and wild to cultured and...

The existence of Orkney’s famous Stone Age Village is in danger

RISING sea levels are threatening the existence of Orkney’s famous Stone Age Village of Skara Brae, an official report has revealed. Older than Stonehenge and...

Former girlfriend of George Best saves city trees

A FORMER girlfriend of George Best has won a bitter battle with one of Scotland’s biggest councils to save trees at a city centre...

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