WITH its colourful backdrop and stunning natural harbour, arriving in Tobermory always makes your heart swell. In the summer, Mull’s capital buzzes with visitors from all over the world keen to soak ...

Bill Gault turned off the lamp at Fair Isle South lighthouse for the last time 20 years ago this month. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the ...

It's axiomatic that our cousins, the natives of the United Kingdom, are quirky, so that it's always heartening to see this confirmed, especially in the rarer reaches of what we might call extreme real ...

The Northern Lighthouse Board's network of lighthouses include St Abbs Head Workers who help operate and maintain Scotland's lighthouses are set to strike over pay. About 30 members of the Unite union ...

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Bill Gault and his colleagues in Shetland were Scotland's last lighthouse keepers When Bill Gault and his colleagues locked up Fair Isle South Lighthouse on Shetland 25 years ago it signalled the end ...

Mechanical engineers inspecting a lighthouse found a surprising message: a handwritten missive from workers of another age. By Isabella Kwai Reporting from London. After two centuries of faithfully ...

Lighthouse workers who help ensure vessels pass safely through Scottish waters are downing tools for the first time in a dispute over pay. Around 40 Unite members employed by Northern Lighthouse Board ...

An incredible video has shown the first ever Royal Mail drone parcel delivery arriving at a remote lighthouse on the Isle of Mull. Customer Alexa Kershaw, who is based at Rubha Na Gall Lighthouse, ...

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