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Tom Wood with the wartime archive pictured at the site of one of the unexploded bombs in Portobello. Photo by Stephen Rafferty

Explosive discovery in wartime bombing archive

Details contained in the valuable archive were known only to a small circle of officials ...

By Stephen Rafferty, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: Marianne Brown. Source: Shetland News

How do we reconcile change? Viking wind farm and the consequences

When Shetland embarked on that protracted Viking wind farm journey more than two decades ago, ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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Photo: Patrick Harvie, leader of the Scottish Green Party. Source: The Edinburgh Reporter

Greens renew demand over Trump ahead of his inauguration

The party says it does not want Scotland to welcome President Trump if he visits ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo of Lee Anne Woods taken by Lesley Martin

Inverkip nurse receives prestigious award

A nurse from Inverkip is among a group of 21 community nurses to have been ...
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Photo: St Stephen's Church. Source: Broughton Spurtle

Solar panels for historic St. Stephen’s Church in Edinburgh

St Stephen’s Theatre Company seeks listed building consent to install photovoltaic solar panels on the ...
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Photo: Eagle Stone. Source: Kyle Chronical

Get to know Highland seers and “second sight”

There was a wright from Kinloch Rannoch who kept hearing planes and hammers at work, ...

By Silvia Muras & Elizabeth Lunardini, The Kyle Chronicle

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Swein MacDonald and isobel MacDonald. Photo courtesy of © Gaye MacDonald-Wilson

The mystical predications of the Highland Seer, Swein MacDonald

Swein MacDonald rose to fame in the 1970s for his mystical predictions, fueled by alcohol, ...
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Foreign Correspondent Jen Stout at Wigtown Book Festival. Photo: Colin Hattersley Photography

Further calls to Culture Secretary for a Public Interest Journalism Institute

The author and investigative journalist was speaking at the Wigtown Book Festival at the weekend. ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Books at bookshop

Word on the street: are authors comfortable with becoming ‘celebrities’?

There is, as far as I know, no central register of UK book festivals, but ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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Photo: Psychologist supporting patient during counselling. Photographer: SHVETS production

“We can all play a part in changing the culture” – call to tackle stigma around alcohol use

NHS Shetland alcohol and drug development officer, Wendy Henderson, said there remains stigma against people ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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RFA in flames

No injuries after rocket engine ends up in flames during test at Unst spaceport

Video footage of the incident shows the engine and upright launchpad structure engulfed in flames ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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Invisible Cities tour guide Angie (left), sitting with journalist Devon McCole (right). Photo: Karen Gordon

Alternative Glasgow with Angie of Invisible Cities

Glasgow has a long and storied history, but too often the stories that we hear ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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