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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of Cawdor Castle, a magnificent stronghold near Nairn and the ancient seat of the Thanes of Cawdor; and a view of the attractive harbour at Keiss in Caithness.

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Livingston After over 50 years of spectacular growth, what was once "Livingston New Town" is now known as Livingston. Livingston was the fourth of the Scottish new towns created in the years following WW2, and by many measures it has been the most successful. Today's Livingston covers some ten square miles of the River Almond valley, and has a population that in 2008 was estimated to be 54,740, making it the seventh largest settlement in Scotland. ( More ...)

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On This Day

5 August 642: The death at the Battle of Maserfield (near modern Oswestry) of King Oswald of Northumbria, later known as St Oswald.

5 August 1388: Scottish troops under James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, decisively defeat an English army at the Battle of Otterburn in Northumberland.

5 August 1600: An attempt is allegedly made on James VI's life by the Gowrie family in Perth during what is known as the Gowrie conspiracy. Some suggest it was a plot by the King to avoid paying the £80,000 owed by the crown to the family.

5 August 1695: King William III approves the establishment of a General Post Office in Scotland.

Featured Book

Book Cover Friend or Foe? by Ken Lussey (14 July 2025). A fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s journey home from Malta is interrupted in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy. Back in Scotland, they travel with a Military Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets. When two Soviet agents arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to decide if the spy exists, or whether he is a Soviet invention intended to lure MI11 into danger.
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