In Scotland, ‘green lairds’ are buying vast estates for carbon credits
Locals fear the “green rush” will result in even more extreme concentration of land ownership in a warming world.
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Woman killed, another injured in Cawdor after freak lightning storm leads to fallen tree
Rosanna Hashem died and her friend Amanda Hancock was hospitalised after the tree exploded, showering them with debris, on Old Razorback Rd in Cawdor about 5.30pm on Saturday. Ms Hashem ...
Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back
The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.
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‘Beautiful soul’: Woman killed in lightning strike identified as Rosanna Hashem
Ms Hashem was killed after being hit by shrapnel from a tree that exploded after it was struck by lightning about 5.30pm at a home on Old Razorback Rd in Cawdor. The woman was treated by ...
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Scotland
It is more than a week since Andrew Searle called in to the shop near his home in rural France for the very last time. Chatting in French to shopkeeper Isabelle Palazy with a breezy familiarity ...