People & Places

A number of weddings at a 15th Century Scottish castle which specialised in Game of Throne-themed nuptials have been suddenly cancelled as bankruptcy looms for its owners.

First-hand testimony from two Scots veterans of the Spanish Civil War is to be made public for the first time as part of an exhibition celebrating the links between the University of Edinburgh and Spain.

Scotland’s only satellite ground station, which for 40 years collected images from space and shared them around the world, has closed down after funding was pulled and services transferred to the south of England.

The hidden histories of Scotland are to be revealed by aerial footage that tells the story of the country’s shifting landscapes over time.

Edinburgh’s first new concert hall for 100 years is needed to help ensure a proper “balance” between business interests and culture in the city in future, the project figurehead has warned.

For most, there is no doubt that the Jacobites were doomed to fail at Culloden given outnumbered and outpowered soldiers and the sheer fatigue and hunger of those fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Custodians of Culloden Battlefield say securing UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the historic landscape could be the only “sure fire way” of protecting it from developers.

The battle was lost, the rising was over, and the rebels were told by their leader to go home.

He was 67 when he fought at the Battle of Culloden - and spent the rest of his long life on the run.

The man in charge of major pop and rock gigs in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens believes they can help it become “Scotland’s answer to the Hollywood Bowl.”

It was a dream to turn part of Scotland into an Alpine wonderland where skiers would enjoy never-ending schuss in a stunning tree-lined mountain setting.

David Mundell will lead a Holocaust memorial march in Budapest this weekend in honour of a Scottish missionary who died protecting her Hungarian Jewish pupils.

Archaeologists have begun work at the site of an ancient distillery in the heart of Scotland’s old whisky smuggling country.

Police have launched an investigation after one of the ancient standing stones at Ring of Brodgar in Orkney was vandalised.

A facial reconstruction of how Bonnie Prince Charlie looked in later life has been created using the Jacobite leader’s death mask.

The Berneray Causeway was officially opened 20 years ago this week with the stretch of road - which is just 1km long - transforming life in this stretch of the Outer Hebrides.

The white ponies of Luskentyre beach on the isle of Harris have appeared on countless postcards and holiday snaps the world over.

Remains of a 14th century castle have been found in Orkney by archaeologists.

It is possibly the most idyllic summer job you could imagine. Two people, a remote lighthouse and endless hours spent counting the passing whales.