From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In airport departure lounges around the world, you can always find a selection of Scottish whiskies for sale. Upon the shelves will be bottles whose names recited together sound like poetry — Linkwood ...

Sitting in sea kayak, with waves breaking all around, can make even a hardened mariner feel vulnerable. With sea kayaking surging in popularity, safety is paramount, and kayakers carry flares, radios, ...

A diary detailing the work of the programme-makers Simon Willis and Cailean MacLeod as they trace a classic 1934 kayak expedition along Scotland’s west coast for a BBC Scotland radio series.

From Kintyre in the south to the Cape Wrath at the very top windswept corner of the country, the west coast of Scotland represents nothing less than a wiggly slice of paddling paradise. At almost ...

THOUSANDS of extra tourists are expected to visit the Scottish Highlands following the launch of the country's first formal canoe trail. The £600,000 Great Glen Canoe Trail, which runs between Fort ...

Explore the beauty of the Scottish wilderness by kayak, canoe, on foot and by train Three or four feet down and the sandy sea floor is thickly cast with razor clams and scallop shells. Towers of ...

Six Oxford medical students are hoping to raise more than £1,000 for a cancer charity by canoeing the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. The six fifth-year students will canoe more than 60 miles from the ...

After more than three months at home, it’s no wonder we’ve piled on the pounds. And nothing much will change, even if we’re allowed to soak up the joys of a spa, with all kinds of treatments, lotions ...

Watch BBC Sport Scotland's Laura McGhie take on the canoe slalom in Glasgow Fast Answers Why get into canoeing? It's fun way to explore while keeping your arms and heart pumping. Who is it for?

A Maori artist has set up a studio at the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre to restore a Maori war canoe known as a waka. George Nuku's canoe will be one of the many exhibits in the ...