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The Gotheburg pub system, which started in the Swedish city, took profits form hard liquor sales and ploughed them back into good works in the community, with the approach adopted in Scotland in the late 19th Century.

A restaurateur is on a mission to bring the art of conversation back to the dinner table – by locking up his customer’s mobile phones.

As a weapon of war, the bagpipes earned their stripes on D-Day by stunning the enemy and buying a group of Scots-led commandos, including a 16-year-old boy,  a vital moment as they advanced up the beach  in the face of German gunfire.

With its deep lochs, harsh mountain terrain and strong tidal forces, Scotland provided perfect conditions for preparations for D-Day with hundreds of thousands of troops flowing north of the border to embark on the toughest of training regimes.

It was left in ruins after being attacked by a rejected husband almost 450 years ago - now there are concerns that Red Castle near Lunan Bay in Angus may simply “disappear” into the sea given the centuries of being unloved that followed.

Tourists on Skye are being urged to ditch the bucket lists, go easy on the selfie hunt and spend a little more time soaking up the true essence of the island.

Cases of childhood cancers in Scotland have risen by a third in the past 10 years with experts claiming air pollution levels are driving the increase.

With its Viking heart, untamed natural beauty and friendly character, this Scottish island has made its mark on many a traveller.

He claimed he could cure the sick and the disabled with his high-voltage brand of magic, but Walford Bodie’s promises were enough to start a riot in Glasgow when 500 students mobbed the Coliseum Theatre to pelt the showman with bombs of piecemeal, flour and rotten eggs.

A Highland laird has been accused of blocking off a popular walking route near his home.

They are the tiny islands with big identities.

Victory has been declared by campaigners after plans to build a holiday park within the historic boundary of Culloden Battlefield were refused.

The spectacular Traprain Law hoard of Roman silver will return home to East Lothian to mark the 100th anniversary of its discovery.

It once heaved with workers, children and the racket of textile manufacturing but for more than a decade, the model village of New Lanark was an abandoned ghost town.

Historians have claimed that securing World Heritage status for Culloden Battlefield won’t be enough to protect it from developers.

Meet Figaro, a cat who loves to adventure and is due to go on his first holiday to the Outer Hebrides this summer.

A small group of Scots will join an estimated one million people in Moscow’s Red Square this week to mark the role of their forefathers in the deadly Arctic Convoys of World War Two.

Its opening night was held 90 years ago this week with a masked ball bringing a touch of carnival to Aberdeen as the cream of the city donned disguises from the court of Louis XIV to mark the debut of this sophisticated pleasure palace.

Outlander star Sam Heughan will meet royalty in Glasgow this week.