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James, The Human League and Callum Beattie headline Belladrum as festival opens today
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival opens today at the Belladrum Estate near Beauly, running through to Saturday. James headline the main stage on Saturday, marking 40 years since the band formed and their first Bella appearance since 2013. The Human League play Friday, their first Highland show. Callum Beattie headlines Thursday, with Mika as a special guest. Beyond the headline slots, the bill includes Razorlight, Rizzle Kicks, Kula Shaker, Scouting for Girls and Brooke Combe, alongside comedy, arts and family programming. Founded in 2004 by farmer Joe Gibbs, Belladrum has grown into one of Scotland's most loved family festivals. More than 100 free family activities are running across the weekend, catering for festivalgoers of all ages.
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The Macallan Estate becomes first Scottish distillery with Wildlife Estates accreditation
The Macallan Estate at Craigellachie has become the first distillery estate in Scotland to be accredited by Wildlife Estates Scotland. The 485-acre estate includes the distillery buildings, warehouses and a stretch of the River Spey protected for Atlantic salmon, freshwater pearl mussels and otters. It recorded the second-highest score ever achieved by a new accreditee under the scheme. Conservation work at the site has included restoring the Burn of Ringorm, where old mill structures were removed to reopen the waterway for fish, alongside cover crops and wildflower margins to rebuild soil health. Chas Jamieson, Estate Manager at The Macallan Estate, said the award reflects “the knowledge, research and skills within our small team.” The accreditation takes the total number of accredited landholdings in Scotland to 55, covering more than 322,000 hectares.
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Calanais Visitor Centre reopens after £10.1 million redevelopment
The redeveloped Calanais Visitor Centre on the Isle of Lewis opened for a preview season on 1 July, ahead of a full launch later this year. The £10.1 million project was funded by the UK and Scottish Governments, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Inside, a new exhibition traces 5,000 years of history at the stones, built with research from Southampton University, St Andrews University and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. The café seats 70 and serves local produce, and the shop sells crafts made across the Hebrides. Parking has been added on site for the first time, with six electric vehicle charging spaces, four accessible bays and thirty-three general spaces. The Calanais Standing Stones themselves have stood on the west coast of Lewis for around 5,000 years.
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Café Royal celebrates 200 years on West Register Street
Café Royal has traded on Edinburgh's West Register Street since 1826, moving into its current building in 1863. The Victorian interiors survive largely unchanged: stained glass windows of sportsmen by Ballantine and Gardiner, six Royal Doulton ceramic tile portraits made for the 1886 Edinburgh International Exhibition, and a marbled bar. In the 1960s the building nearly became a Woolworths, until a petition of more than 8,000 signatures helped save it. Now run by the Metropolitan Pub Company, Café Royal is marking its bicentenary with special menus throughout the year, including a ‘200 Years’ seafood platter and a drinks list featuring a Champagne Cobbler and a Knickerbocker rum cocktail. The restaurant and bar were recently named Restaurant Bar of the Year at the Drink Awards Scotland. Around 1,000 oysters, sourced from Cumbrae, are sold there each week.
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First beaver kits born in Glen Affric in 400 years
At least two beaver kits have been born at Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin in Glen Affric, the first to arrive in the glen in 400 years. Trees for Life and Forestry and Land Scotland run the reintroduction, which began last October when eleven beavers were released under licence from Tayside. Wildlife cameras picked up the kits over recent weeks; both were likely born in May or June, and one was filmed swimming alongside its mother. Both kits appear healthy. Tobias Leask, Trees for Life's Beaver Management Officer, has been filming the animals from a canoe. He said the kits are “a wildlife success story four centuries in the making.” Glen Affric holds one of the largest surviving stretches of Caledonian forest in Scotland, which Trees for Life has worked with Forestry and Land Scotland to restore for more than 30 years.
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