A SCOTS hospital worker has become a double Hyrox champion after smashing a world record at the age of 75. David Ridout, a porter at the University Hospital Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, was left ...

Scottish ministers have been urged to rethink restrictions on controlled burning on moorland after a report disclosed recent ...

Three Scottish estates are honoured for their outstanding dedication to wildlife conservation with prestigious WES accreditation.

Heatwave temperatures, drought and decades of poor forest management are producing an extreme wildfire season across Europe ...

Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) estimates the fires that broke out in late June and early July affected 29,225 acres (11,827 hectares) - an area almost 30 times bigger than Lanarkshire's Strathclyde ...

Councillors Draeyk van der Horn, Neil McLennan and John Stuart want decisive action to address Scotland’s growing wildfire ...

The 75-year-old from Crosshouse qualified for the world championships in Chicago earlier this year by winning a regional race.

A new report hails farms, estates, and rural businesses as heroes for their extraordinary role in battling Scotland's largest ...

The report refers to the Carrbridge and Dava wildfires earlier this year, in which 11,827 hectares of land were burnt.

Indeed, a recent report by land business organisation Scottish Land & Estates found that estates were generating £2.4 billion GVA/year for the Scottish economy and supporting around 57,300 jobs ...