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Princess Royal opens National park in Scotland

A Dalmatian dog takes a walk along the banks of Loch Lomond which was formally opened by the Princess Royal as Scotland`s first National park with the Trossachs. 08/08/02 : Police today warned youngsters not to swim in unsupervised waters, following the death of a teenager who drowned in a loch during a recent mini heatwave. The 19-year-old was playing with friends at Balloch Bridge, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond near Dumbarton, when he got into difficulties at about 5pm yesterday. Members of the public were unable to save him. 14/11/02 : The future shape of Scotlands second national park was today being announced by the Executive. Deputy environment minister Allan Stewart was set to make the announcement in Edinburgh, after a summer of controversy over the boundaries of the national park for the Cairngorms. The minister was also expected to give the final Executive verdict on how planning matters should be handled within the national park. The countrys first national park, covering Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, has planning powers over what happens within its boundary. But when draft details of the Cairngorms national park were outlined in May, planning powers were to be shared between the park authority and local authorities. That, and the size of the park - critics say the present proposals amount only to a Northern Cairngorms National Park, splitting many Cairngorm summits in half - has proved fiercely controversial

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Forth Road Bridge at sunset, crossing the Firth of Forth between Queensferry

Forth Road Bridge at sunset, crossing the Firth of Forth between Queensferry and Inverkeithing near Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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Lighthouse

July 1927: The lighthouse at Southerness in Dumfries and Galloway. Southerness is a popular tourist resort with sandy beaches and golf courses. On a clear day the Lake District in England is visible across the Solway Firth. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/A H Robinson/Getty Images)

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