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As I write at 2 am, I monitor the lambing shed camera, awaiting a Texel gimmers second lamb.

The Royal Family are known for having a huge love of farm animals, anything from pigs and chickens to sheep and cows - and they are particularly fond of the rarer breeds.

Christmas shoppers are being asked to play their part in saving Scotland’s rare livestock breeds by “eating them to keep them” this year.

Dismayed villagers fear a historic 13th century abbey could be sold off by the Kirk as part of plans to reduce its church buildings.

Dismayed villagers fear a historic 13th century abbey could be sold off by the Kirk as part of plans to reduce its church buildings.

East coast adventures - 5 places to escape the heat and the hordes Plan some day trips out of the ordinary with the National Trust for Scotland Advertorial Impressive: House of Dun This summer everyone is flocking to the water but it is still possible to avoid the crowds, whether you’d prefer some quiet sea air or the gentle sounds of water on a millpond. There are seaside locations that will catch your breath, with dramatic cliffs, crystal waters, and fresh air and there are peaceful watery ...

Gayle meets some of the newborn lambs starring in Facebook livestreams from Scottish farms. Cuddling a newborn lamb has to be one of the best feelings in the world. I’m lucky enough to turn up at Incheoch farm in Glenisla literally just an hour after a couple of the cute creatures have been born. Farm owners Debbie and Neil McGowan are more than happy to let me hug them and I feel as though I’m in heaven when one fluffy wee girl nuzzles into me, her heart beating wildly. Once I’ve mastere...

Britains rarest breed of cattle, the Vaynol, was boosted further last week by the arrival of the first two calves of eight expected this year by the Rothesay herd, at Dumfries House, headquarters of The Princes Foundation. Farm manager John Rowell was delighted to welcome a bull and a heifer, with the bull calf described as an excellent example of the breed and likely to go on to be a stock bull for another herd, helping to increase genetic diversity nationally. The farm team of John and ...