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IN PICTURES: The best pictures in Scotland this week

By Louise Gowans
A green burial site in Angus has proved a popular final destination for a growing number of eco-conscious individuals. More than 50 families have chosen an environmentally friendly send-off at the CairnBrae Natural Burial Ground following its opening 12 months ago. Picture shows; Owner Alma Kettles with her dog Twiggy walking down the natural aisles of the burial ground. Picture by Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media
A green burial site in Angus has proved a popular final destination for a growing number of eco-conscious individuals. More than 50 families have chosen an environmentally friendly send-off at the CairnBrae Natural Burial Ground following its opening 12 months ago. Picture shows; Owner Alma Kettles with her dog Twiggy walking down the natural aisles of the burial ground. Picture by Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media

The best news and pictures in Scotland this week.

Turner Prize shortlisted artist Nathan Coley unveiled his new exhibition 'The Future is Inside Us, It's Not Somewhere Else' in the Parliament Hall, Edinburgh, as part of the 2019 Edinburgh Art Festival. Five separate pieces make up the artwork which temporarily replace portraits in Parliament Hall which is within Scotland's Supreme Courts and where the Scottish Parliament met before the 1707 Act of Union.
Dozens of families race down Dalginross - one of Comrie's main streets in the Pram Derby, part of Comrie Fortnight. Picture by Kim Cessford / DCT Media
Kayakers take to the River Tay at Perth's Moncrieffe Island to try and cool down on the hottest day of the year. Picture by Kris Miller / DCT Media.
Simple Minds bassist Ged Grimes rehearsing with children taking part in the Big Noise Douglas holiday club to help launch a regular donation programme for the charity. Ged Grimes rehearses with Holly Myszor at Big Noise Douglas. Picture by Kris Miller / DCT Media.
A green burial site in Angus has proved a popular final destination for a growing number of eco-conscious individuals. More than 50 families have chosen an environmentally friendly send-off at the CairnBrae Natural Burial Ground following its opening 12 months ago. Picture shows; Owner Alma Kettles with her dog Twiggy walking down the natural aisles of the burial ground. Picture by Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media
Fife Zoo is to open to the public today after years of refurbishment and investment by Briony Taylor and Michael Knight and family. Picture shows sulcata tortoises at Fife Zoo. Picture by Kris Miller / DCT Media.
Four year Natasha Ord sent a thank you card to Her Majesty The Queen thanking her for awarding her grandad a BEM in the birthday honours. She was over the moon when she got a thank you letter on behalf of The Queen, sent by a Lady in Waiting at Buckingham Palace. Picture by Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media
Arbroath-based Royal Marines have a new Commanding Officer and as part of 45 Cdo tradition, Lt Col Forbes’s departure was marked by the Unit running 10 miles to Lunan Bay, from the HQ of RM Condor to the sand-dunes of Lunan Bay. The troops march and run through their 10 mile course. Picture by Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media
Around 300 people are expected to participate in Scotland’s most spudtacular race when the Tattie Run returns next month. The Great Perthshire Tattie Run, back following a successful inaugural event last summer, will see hundreds of people race through city streets carrying bags of potatoes on their backs, all in the name of good fun. Competitors will take on a one-mile course with men carrying 20kg of spuds and women carrying 10kg. Picture shows Maria Xharja (4) from Perth with her tattie and spoon. Picture by Steve Brown / DCT Media
Horse-riders take part in the Crusaders' Chase at dusk on Musselburgh beach at the start of the week-long Musselburgh Festival.
A bicycle in front of Edinburgh Castle, which is among the Scottish landmarks being turned green in support of a low-carbon campaign.

 

 

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