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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the stunning beach on the west side of the island of Berneray in the Western Isles; and a view of the magnificent "pink palace" of Drumlanrig Castle, north of Dumfries.

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In Focus

Badachro A little south of Gairloch's harbour at Charlestown, the single track B8056 branches off the main A832 and travels for eight miles: first west along the south shore of Loch Gairloch, then south to the beach at Redpoint. The main settlement on this road lies a couple of miles along it, at Badachro. This unexpectedly busy little village looks out onto an inlet projecting south from Loch Gairloch, well guarded by the rocky islet of Eilean Horrisdale. ( More ...)

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On This Day

22 April 1304: King Edward I besieges the last Scottish stronghold holding out against him, Stirling Castle. It surrenders three months later when the food runs out.

22 April 1838: The 703 ton paddle steamer SS Sirius, built in Leith, becomes the first ship to cross the Atlantic entirely powered by steam.

22 April 1908: The death near Meigle of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

22 April 2005: The death in London of renowned artist and sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.

Featured Book

Book Cover Thicker Than Water by Ken Lussey (15 September 2024). A compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Callum Anderson and Jenny Mackay are spending Hogmanay at Sarclet Castle in Caithness when they are asked to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman at nearby Sarclet Broch in 1943, a woman whose ghost is believed to haunt the castle. What seems the coldest of cold cases is not the first murder of a young woman at the broch. Nor is it the last. On the day that Callum and Jenny arrive, there is a third fatal stabbing there.
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Scottish Resources

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