Woodlands and forestry in the Highlands were among the big winners at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards. Despite a bumper year ...

The Grateful Dead were a cultural and commercial phenomenon.  Indeed, one can argue they still are.  Even the band's ...

Scotland has a long history of pumped-storage hydropower, but there has been a 40 year wait in the UK for a new major ...

Golden eagles were wiped out in Wales and England by the mid-19th Century due mainly to persecution by sheep farmers and ...

In the 1950s, workmen digging up the south side of Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, unearthed the bones of extinct ...

Shake up your usual Yuletide routine with these options, from off-grid cabins to grande dame hotels, and from lighthouses to ...

Scotland has seen its first snowfall of the winter as temperatures dropped sharply across the north of the country. Areas in ...

With an aim to help the UK’s small businesses recover and grow after years of economic challenges, ‘The Tour’ set off in the ...

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What Currency is Used in Scotland? The currency of Scotland is the British Pound Sterling (GBP), which is also the currency used throughout the United Kingdom. It is denoted by the symbol £ and the ...

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