21 h. ago Scottish island hit with yet another ferry repairs blow as vessel delayed again

Ageing vessel not now due back in service until end of May after unprecedented 16-month absence

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26 h. ago Newly discovered dinosaur footprints reveal ancient gathering spots on Scottish island

Massive dinosaurs once roamed a Scottish isle according to the footprints found by researchers

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31 h. ago Rare chance to work at standing stones on Scottish island as Neolithic wonder transformed

Nice place for an office.

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37 h. ago Secrets of dinosaur gathering revealed by newly discovered footprints

Footprints found on the Isle of Skye show herbivores and carnivores gathered 167 million years ago

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42 h. ago Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge

Jacobite leader was unknowingly ‘following the footprints’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Remote Scottish island with dramatic landscape named among best places to wild camp in Europe

This isolated island has a population of just 40 people.

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51 h. ago The Scottish island home to surprising animal from the other side of the world

The rare mammal was spotted on a remote Scottish island by wild campers Craig Ferguson and Greig McBride

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3 d. ago Scientists hope a newly discovered flower will return after rain in West Texas

Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area

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6 d. ago How a Scottish island music festival where trad and techno meet took on the world

Skye Live marks it 10th anniversary this May with its bold musical programme paying off for the organisers.

Culture

8 d. ago Sand sculpture competition on Scottish beach in new BBC show hosted by Love Island star

The new BBC show will be filmed on an undisclosed Scottish beach

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9 d. ago World's largest clan sells off prized Scottish island castle due to financial pressures

Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye was once home to chiefs of Clan Donald.

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1 week ago The mysterious Scottish cave that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island

Scotland is home to a strange cave with a fascinating link to Treasure Island.

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1 week ago Is Yellowstone's supervolcano about to erupt? Scientists discover a newly opened volcanic vent spewing steam into the air

Yellowstone has never erupted within recorded human history. But a new discovery has highlighted just how active this seemingly dormant volcano really is.

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1 week ago Unique job opening for a couple to experience life on adventurous off

A rare chance for a couple to embrace off-grid life on a remote Scottish island, is now up for grabs

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2 w. ago The 'special' Scottish island coral beach that 'feels like a tropical bay'

One Scottish island is home to a "special" beach that has been likened to a tropical bay.

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2 w. ago The mysterious Scottish island with Viking ruins that is only accessible at low tide

The tiny island can only be reached for a few hours each day.

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2 w. ago Scotland's 'best islands to visit' in 2025 named including 'dream destination'

A picturesque Scottish island has been called a "dream destination" for 2025.

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2 w. ago Staycation inspiration: 7 of the UK's best holiday homes to rent, including a Scottish castle and a manor with a private island

Whether you're looking to stay in a remote Scottish castle or a manor in Lancashire with a private island, here are 7 of the UK's best holiday homes to rent right now...

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2 w. ago This tiny Scottish island has the highest number of millionaires per capita in the UK

Catch a ferry from Laxo for just £2.80 and set sail to Scotland’s ‘Millionaire Island’ in just 30 minutes

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2 w. ago ‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds

Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisationsThe red tape of government bureaucracy spans more than 4,000 years, according to new finds from the cradle of the world’s civilisations, Mesopotamia.Hundreds of administrative tablets – the earliest physical evidence of the first empire in recorded history – have been discovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq. These texts detail the minutiae of government and reveal a complex bureaucracy – the red tape of an ancient civilisation. Continue reading...

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