5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (811+ words) AN "incredibly rare" Bronze Age shield has returned to Scotland for the first time in more than 230 years, where it has been brought together with five others in a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment. The shield was discovered during labouring work near Beith…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (837+ words) Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you. A Glasgow area has received a huge "3 million boost to help with its facelift over the next five years. The money will see public spaces completed in the area, new hope…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (982+ words) IN November 1905, one of the more remarkable Scottish women of the late 19th century died at the age of just 50 at her home near Annan in Dumfriesshire. Her funeral, held on a bleak winter's day, was a simple one, and unaccompanied…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (673+ words) A HISTORIC mansion house where Bonnie Prince Charlie once stayed has received more than "325,000 in funding to go towards one of the largest restoration programmes ever undertaken by a community charity in Scotland. The charity which looks after the Grade…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (455+ words) SCOTTISH campaigners are set to commemorate 25 years since a historic occupation of a public building in Glasgow. In 2001, after Glasgow City Council announced its decision to close Govanhill Baths, the local community " led by mothers of children in Kingston Swimming…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (920+ words) A HIDDEN stairwell which could have been used by Bonnie Prince Charlie following an assassination attempt against him in a historic mansion in Stirlingshire may have been discovered." Historians previously discovered a musket ball hole hidden amidst plasterwork and wooden…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (801+ words) THE reopening of one of Glasgow's most famous museums has been delayed indefinitely amid a multi-million pound revamp." The People's Palace has been closed since April 2024 for "36 million worth of refurbishment works to be carried out. The historic museum located…...

2+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (501+ words) DUNDEE Council is being asked to step in to fund the future of a 500-year-old landmark castle. In 2024, Broughty Ferry Castle operator Leisure and Culture Dundee (LACD) proposed to shut the historical attraction in a bid to save around "80,000 per…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (829+ words) STEVE Byrne still remembers the moment he discovered his hometown had its own basket. In Arbroath, the fisherfolk once carried an "Arbroath kishi, a distinctive local basket. "You get these regional basket'making variants that are often tied to bygone trades…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (660+ words) A LETTER written by Mary, Queen of Scots, just hours before her execution in 1587, has gone on display for the first time in nearly a decade. The letter, which is believed to be the last words she ever wrote, along…...