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Trump attacks Salmond over offshore windfarm plan

According to reports in the Guardian and on the BBC, international tycoon Donald Trump has written to Alex Salmond to accuse him of being ‘hell-bent on destroying Scotland’s coastline’ with off-shore wind farm developments. In his letter Trump claimed that

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Information Appeal for Glencoe Lochan Plaques

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Forestry Commission Scotland is appealing to people across the area for help in tracing anyone who might have a connection with memorial plaques at Glencoe Lochan. The plea comes as the Commission’s Lochaber team prepare to carry out upgrade work

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Galloway Stargazing Nights for January

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Anyone looking for a stunning way to get over the January blues is invited to join one of a series of night time trips to Galloway Dark Sky Park and be star-struck. Forestry Commission Scotland’s Galloway team says that although

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St Kilda mailboat lands in Norway

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The contents of a mailboat launched from St Kilda on 29 July 2011 have been discovered on the Norwegian island of Frøya. The postcards were found by local farmer Knut Wågø, as he walked his dogs on the beach on

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Council defers decision on Allt Duine windfarm

Protestors at Highland Council HQ

Highland Council’s planning committee members today deferred their decision on the controversial Allt Duine wind farm and will carry out a site visit in the New Year. Supporters of the Save the Monadhliath Mountains (SMM) campaign who have fought the

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Into the Wild series on BBC Alba

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BBC Alba’s outdoors series, Into the Wild, will feature Walkhighlands’ Gear Editor Phil Turner next week. The Gaelic language programme (shown with English subtitles) followed Phil as he researched walks on Arran for Walkhighlands and Pocket Mountains guidebooks. The series

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