Passenger numbers through Scottish airports rose 4% between April and June, with Amsterdam the most popular destination and Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness all reporting gains.
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Family Sailing Around Britain Rescued By Dunbar RNLI After Yacht Trouble Off East Lothian
A family sailing from Holy Island to Edinburgh as part of a round-Britain trip had to be rescued after their yacht’s propeller and rudder became tangled off East Lothian.
Glasgow City is Scotland’s most densely populated council area, while Na h-Eileanan Siar is the least densely populated. This guide compares Scotland’s urban councils with Highland, Orkney and Shetland, and explains what density figures do and do not tell you.
Scottish place-name surnames often began as labels for people associated with a village, estate, region, river or landscape feature. Learn how names such as Douglas, Crawford, Leslie, Moffat, Sutherland and Elgin developed, and why a shared surname does not always prove shared ancestry.
Rural and island Scotland is ageing because younger adults often leave for study and work, births are lower, and many older people move in or remain in place. Housing, transport, jobs and access to services shape the pattern differently across Highland, the islands and southern rural areas.