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Nesta and the Nesta Trust are registered as charities in England and Wales, [9] [10] and Nesta is registered in Scotland. [11] Following Nesta’s new 2030 strategy, Nesta primarily operates in the following three areas: A Sustainable Future: Nesta’s programmatic focus is on reducing household emissions by 28 per cent versus 2019 levels ...
Edinburgh Castle, with the New Town beyond, is at the heart of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites in Scotland are locations that have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind. Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for 'cultural' sites as part of their wider ...
Nesta Guinness-Walker (born 1999), English footballer; Nesta Piper (born 1982), Montserratian cricketer; Nesta Roberts (1913–2009), Welsh journalist; Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085–before 1136), also known as Princess Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr; Nesta Toumine (1912–1996), dancer, choreographer, artistic director and teacher in Canada
Scotland [e] is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
Neist Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Neist Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was designed by David Alan Stevenson and was first lit on 1 November 1909. [ 3 ] An aerial cableway is used to take supplies to the lighthouse and cottages.
On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. [6] [7] Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, [8] to coincide with the 2016 elections. [9] The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 ...
The government of Scotland had been considering sponsoring an official register of tartans, following a member's bill submitted by Jamie McGrigor MSP in February 2007. On 9 October 2008, the Scottish Parliament passed the "Scottish Register of Tartans Bill" [2] (or "Tartans Bill" for short).
The first stack climbers in Scotland were the residents of the now uninhabited islands of Hirta and Mingulay who were dependent on the bounty provided by seabirds. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The first record of the recreational ascent of a sea stack in Scotland is likely that of Richard Manliffe Barrington , who climbed Stac Biorach in 1883.