Raspberries dot the lush hillsides around Blairgowrie, Scotland, where Ewen McIntyre says his 100-acre farm is thriving thanks to new Europeans.

FORBES: New Britannia

The vandalism, on Ericht Lane in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, took place on 11 April.

BBC: Man admits to Blairgowrie car smashing spree

Plans for a book festival in Blairgowrie, a tourist bus in Breadalbane and a bridge near St Fillans have also been awarded money.

BBC: Edzell library restoration boosted by Leader funds

The Blairgowrie Advertiser reported that there were proposals to release and study beavers in the Cairngorms National Park once the current five-year trial at Knapdale in Argyll is complete.

BBC: Beaver