A FORMER headteacher whose son registered her business with Companies House is now the creator of an award-winning Scottish craft gin. Source

EAST Ayrshire councillors have given the go ahead to a £150 million whisky maturation facility near Kilmarnock, despite vociferous opposition from people living and working near the site. Source

A BIODIESEL firm is set to shut its only Scottish plant – leading to the loss of around 75 jobs … Source

In the week it was announced that 300,000 more children were plunged into absolute poverty in a single year at the height of the cost of living crisis, amid soaring levels of hunger and food bank use, the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems all united to condemn Nike’s new St George Cross design on the […] Source

On 7 October, Israel launched an extensive aerial bombardment across all areas of Gaza, hitting homes, hospitals, clinics, schools and essential infrastructure. This has resulted in mass casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Since then: More than 30,717 Palestinians have been killed, around 51% of whom are children and women. Thousands more are thought to […] Source

THE 22-year-old has been ordered to pay £250 in compensation. …

In front of 40,000 rugby fans plus millions on TV. …

THERE are more than 90,000 abandoned homes in Scotland – and they could be worth more than £18 billion, according to new research … Source

A MAN has died following a house fire at Connage Cottages, near Buckie. …

A SCOTTISH distillery has reopened its doors after more than 40 years in what has been described as a “landmark moment” for Scotch whisky. Source

A NEW Home Bargains will open in a Scottish town following a £3million investment … Source

James Eastwood and his union colleagues got to their office one Tuesday afternoon to find that someone had broken in. The intruder hadn’t taken personal valuables or expensive equipment: all they had done was pull down the pro-Palestine posters in the window. The break-in didn’t come as a huge shock to Eastwood, co-chair of the […] Source

A CHARITY operating in Scotland for more than 41 years has announced its permanent closure. Source

The phrase a ‘Tory Free Scotland’ has been about for ages. It’s not controversial. Everyone knows what it means. It means to annihilate the Conservative Party at an election. Duh. It’s happened several times in my lifetime. In fact the Tories haven’t been elected here since 1955. We know all this. The phrase – or […] Source