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LOCAL journalist Jen Stout has been shortlisted for the prestigious Anne Brown Essay Prize for Scotland. The prize will be awarded at a ceremony at the Wigtown Book Festival on Sunday, hosted by the chair of this years judging committee, author and broadcaster Gavin Esler.. ....
The mercury fell below freezing at Kinbrace in Sutherland at 5am this morning and Balmoral in Aberdeenshire at 3am, while Shap in Cumbria dropped to 0.4C (32.7F) at 4am. ....
IT IS certainly an unusual catch by a fishing boat - a large whale bone. The bone was caught by the whitefish trawler Arcturus off Muckle Flugga last week and brought ashore in Lerwick. It is suspected that it could be from a fin whale. A FRESH call has been made for more. ....
A new generation of electric ferries will link a group of Scottish islands in a major trial.Orkney is set to benefit from a £15 million funding award which will ....