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Duke of Buccleuch
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Revealed: Politicians, billionaires and offshore firms’ taxpayer forestry handouts
The King, J.K. Rowling, billionaires and politicians are among those who have been given tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer forestry subsidies.
Ministers taken to court for rejecting Buccleuch wind farm
A company set up by the Duke of Buccleuch’s estate is taking Scottish ministers to court in a bid to overturn their rejection of a wind farm.
Buccleuch Hunt accused of “mayhem” after losing control of hounds
Out of control hounds from the Buccleuch Hunt reportedly nearly caused a traffic incident in the Scottish Borders, leading to calls for tighter hunting legislation.
Anger over Buccleuch ‘land grab’ in bowling green battle
Britain's biggest landowner accused of "land grab" after he sold off a bowling green that the community thought belonged to them.
Buccleuch accused of failing to protect people from toxic ponds
Residents criticise UK's largest landowner for not fencing off toxic waste ponds left from lead mining in the Dumfries and Galloway hills.
