Moray Council has confirmed the scale of its response to the continued cold snap, amid predictions of further snowfall. …

It has the same feeling as reporting the loss of the Titanic with the apocryphal headline attributed to the Aberdeen Press and Journal: “North-east man lost at sea”, to report on events in Caracas in relation to Scotland, but here we go. Trump’s emboldened gangster regime is fundamentally changing the entire orientation of Western politics. […] Source

Just two Moray schools are expected to avoid a full closure tomorrow, amid predictions of further snowfall overnight. …

The response of the European leaders to Trump’s bombing of Caracas and kidnapping of Maduro is uniformly craven. Here’s Macron: “The Venezuelan people are today rid of Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship and can only rejoice. By seizing power and trampling on fundamental freedoms, Nicolás Maduro gravely undermined the dignity of his own people.” “The upcoming transition […] Source

CELTIC are close to paying £2 million for a player being sold by an Israeli football club with links to the genocide in Gaza. Source

First Minister John Swinney has plans for a bank holiday after Scotland’s World Cup match against Haiti. …

How do we understand Global Capitalism and the World We Live In? Sven Beckert, Capitalism: a global history, Allen Lane £50. Review by Dave McCrone These days, we are used to seeing hot-air books which seek to account for large things, and actually explain nothing much. Here is a book to be taken seriously, not […] Source

PRESSURE is mounting on a Scottish-based oil firm to rule out working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters … Source

IF you have been keeping tabs on your weekly shop last year, you would have seen several items have skyrocketed in price, including chocolate. Source

ONE of the sharpest criticisms levelled at the 2014 Yes campaign remains the accusation that an independent Scotland would face a chaotic scramble to secure trade and financial arrangements on day one … Source

AFFORDABILITY has become the dominant political issue in the United States. It is the issue that looks likely to determine elections, fracture political coalitions and shape how people understand their own lives. Source

A round-up of our October 2025 print edition front pages. …