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UK’s best bus shelter gets 20th birthday puffin themed makeover

BRITAIN’S best bus shelter is celebrating its 20th birthday with a puffin-themed makeover. While most UK commuters suffer drafty, vandalised and suspicious-smelling stops, the people...

Net victim seal saved as it gasps its last

A SEAL that grew up with illegal netting embedded in its neck was rescued on a Scottish beach as it drew its last breaths. Dramatic...

Shetland MSP calls for lower airfares in the face of falling oil prices

The dramatic fall in worldwide oil prices must mean lower air fares says Shetland MSP Tavish Scott.   Airlines are expected to have much smaller fuel...

Eels otter watch out

A WILDLIFE photographer has captured amazing pictures of an otter catching a killing a conger eel at least twice its size. Richard Shucksmith took the...

Island for sale to welcome first residents in almost a century

A STUNNING island in the extreme north of Scotland is set to be inhabited for the first time in more than 80 years. Linga has...

Brother and sister otter pups saved by sanctuary

AN animal sanctuary has revealed how it saved orphaned baby otter brothers from certain death. The pair, just 10 days old, were rescued after their...

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