Fiona,Britain’s loneliest sheep,‘in hiding’ after animal rights protest at farm

Fiona,Britain’s loneliest sheep,‘in hiding’ after animal rights protest at farm

An online petition launched states that the animal does not deserve “to be turned into a spectacle” and calls for Fiona to be homed at an animal sanctuary in Glasgow.

  • byMark Macaskill

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Nine must-do highlights of Edinburgh,Scotland

Nine must-do highlights of Edinburgh,Scotland

Castles,tweed and lofty views... The Scottish capital is a playground for foodies,arts and history buffs,and this hit-list delivers on all fronts.

  • byPenny Watson
True crime podcast leads to reopening of serial-killer case

True crime podcast leads to reopening of serial-killer case

It alleged that the identity of one man,a possible suspect,was “covered up” because he was the cousin of a detective who was friends with the officer in charge of the Scottish investigation.

  • byDaniel Sanderson
England to ban smoking:Today’s children will never buy a cigarette

England to ban smoking:Today’s children will never buy a cigarette

Under the plan,the age of sale would rise from 18 every year,so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to legally buy tobacco.

  • byRob Harris
Trio of hikers who set out on treacherous Scottish ridge found dead

Trio of hikers who set out on treacherous Scottish ridge found dead

The trio set out Saturday in Glen Coe to hike the Aonach Eagach,a 10-kilometre knife-edge ridge that tops out at 1100 metres and has precipitous drops.

Loch Ness ‘monster hunters’ wanted for biggest search in 50 years

Loch Ness ‘monster hunters’ wanted for biggest search in 50 years

Researchers will use technology that has never before scanned the waters and a hydrophone that picks up acoustic signals – “any Nessie-like calls” – underwater.

  • byJustine McDaniel
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Britain isn’t stuck in the past,it’s stuck in the present
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Britain isn’t stuck in the past,it’s stuck in the present

Britain has become Limboland,a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation:Keep calm and carry on.

  • byNick Bryant
Forget Harry Potter:See the real Edinburgh via its sleepy backstreets and secret parks

Forget Harry Potter:See the real Edinburgh via its sleepy backstreets and secret parks

Discover parts of Edinburgh that tend to elude tourists’ gazes via a mish-mash of dedicated bike lanes,off-road paths and under-the-radar waterways.

  • bySteve McKenna
Late winter escapes:The world’s best places for an August holiday

Late winter escapes:The world’s best places for an August holiday

Keen to escape Australia in August? Here are the countries and cities to visit for their summer,winter or welcoming dry season.

  • byBrian Johnston
‘I am innocent’:Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrested

‘I am innocent’:Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrested

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested in connection with an investigation into the Scottish National Party’s funding.

  • byRob Harris
Council orders removal of ‘mean and ugly’ witch mural for mocking village history

Council orders removal of ‘mean and ugly’ witch mural for mocking village history

Councillors in Fife,Scotland say the image on the side of the 19th-century tavern is not a realistic depiction of women who were tried and executed for witchcraft.

  • bySimon Johnson