A Scottish wingsuit flyer has died during a jump in the Swiss Alps. British champion Liam Byrne, 24, was critically injured ...

Unusual surnames believed to be Italianised versions of traditional Scots names are also prevalent in the village. The St ...

ITALY and Scotland have shared close ties over the years, with thousands of Italians emigrating to Scotland over the past 150 years. The influx in the late 19th century sparked a lasting love ...

With deep, emotional connections to Scotland, its own tartan and a fish and chips festival, the town of Barga is an unlikely "Brigadoon" in the Tuscan hills.

Tucked away in the rolling hills of northern Tuscany, Barga is one of those small Italian towns that quietly wins you over. With a population hovering around 10,000, it sits in the province of Lucca, ...

Tucked within Argyll and Bute, the Cowal Peninsula has long been described as Scotland’s “secret coast”. Though not exactly ...

SCOTLAND’S ski resorts enjoyed a great winter with better conditions than the Alps and Pyrenees, but were ultimately denied a record-breaking season – by heavy snowfall.

The internet will tell you the Alps is having its worst snowfall for years, but this doesn’t take in the full reality of the situation, says Meldrum.“Higher energy prices have compounded the ...

A Scottish man with a rare neurological condition is supporting a gruelling challenge which is seeing two men cross over the ...

The species, which is found in the Alps and Scandinavia and was only recorded in the UK for the first time in 1983, lives on two species of mountain willows, where its caterpillars eat the inside ...

A GROUP of Scots is planning to recreate one of the most famous marches in history, following in the footsteps of Hannibal across the Alps, complete… ...