Alison Campsie Journalist
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Alison is a journalist at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

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256 Articles
over 1 year ago
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£20m bid to save ‘Scotland’s oldest ship’ and make it a prime attraction

Around £20m is needed to save ‘Scotland’s oldest surviving ship’ from sinking and take it to its new home at a restor...

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over 1 year ago
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Hogmanay: Scotland enters the traditional 'daft days' that surround New Year

Christmas may be over – but traditionally in Scotland the party is only just beginning as the 12 ‘daft days’ take hold.

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over 1 year ago
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Scottish schoolgirl from Outer Hebrides makes it big as child model in Spain

She is usually found feeding animals in her boilersuit and making mud pies on her father’s croft on the Isle of Barra.

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over 1 year ago
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Scotland's largest sale of taxidermy 'this century' set to be held as country house emptied

Scotland’s biggest auction of taxidermy in recent times is set to take place when the ‘Downtown Abbey-style’ contents...

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over 1 year ago
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Seal pup rescued after found wandering in Scottish town centre

A seal pup has been rescued from a town centre after being found wandering late at night on the high street.

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over 1 year ago
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'Bucket list' St Kilda to tackle growing visitor numbers

Growing visitor numbers to St Kilda amid a rise in day trippers and cruise ship passengers are set to be addressed to...

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over 1 year ago
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The last count on St Kilda as census captures island life for final time

It was the last census taken on St Kilda of the last community to call it home.

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over 1 year ago
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Scotland's 1921 census: Unrest, poor times, women's rights and a one-hour-old baby

Door-by-door and street-by-street, it tells us who made up Scotland just over a 100 years ago, from the youngest citi...

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over 1 year ago
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First Minister claims independence movement 'galvanised' ahead of Glasgow rally

Independence supporters have marched through Glasgow in light of Supreme Court’s ruling that a second referendum cann...

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over 1 year ago
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Finn Creaney: Wife of missing bushcraft expert speaks of hope of getting 'lovely, lovely person' ...

The wife of missing bushcraft expert Finn Creaney has spoken of her hopes of finding her husband eight months after h...

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over 1 year ago
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More than 8,000 silver coins discovered in Scottish field

More than 8,000 silver medieval coins have been found in a field by a metal detectorist in one of the biggest discove...

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over 1 year ago
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A huge day for humanity and a Scot's role in helping people back to the moon

As the world’s most powerful rocket split the dark skies over Cape Canaveral on Wednesday in a blinding show of sound...

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