THIS weekend’s Shetland Classic Motor Show is about so much more than beautifully restored old vehicles displayed for the public to enjoy. It is about compassion and deep emotion, about affection and ...

A crofting councillor has reported a dog attack on a lamb in the South Mainland. Allison Duncan said the attack happened in a ...

The cleanest beaches in Scotland where visitors are the "least likely to complain about litter" have been named, with two ...

Nearly three decades after her landmark series No System, the photographer uprooted everything she knew and moved to the Isle of Skye to build a new life for herself – both physically and ...

Scotland’s nature agency is looking for feedback from professionals involved in peatland restoration on a standardised ...

Richard Baynes explores the history of crofting.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are about 21,000 crofts spread across parts of Scotland [Getty Images] The Scottish government says new legislation passed ...

The Scottish government says new legislation passed at Holyrood will modernise and simplify crofting, a traditional system of small-scale farming. About 30,000 people live in crofting households ...

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NFU Scotland has welcomed the long-awaited Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill, introduced to the Scottish parliament on Monday 2 June, as a significant and overdue step towards securing the future ...