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

Findhorn Bay Arts founder Kresanna Aigner has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her service to Moray. …

One casualty has been assessed by paramedics after a housefire in Elgin, firefighters have confirmed. …

The latest polls show us a close glimpse of voter intentions for the Scottish election in May. This is the Scottish Holyrood projection based on @FindoutnowUK polling of 1000 people: It would result in the following seats: SNP 62, Reform 23, Labour 13, Conservatives 9, Greens 14, and the Lib Dems 8. This would mean […] Source

ALL Eurostar services have been cancelled from London St Pancras because of disruption in the Channel Tunnel … Source

MINISTERS have been urged to protect Scotland’s waters by pausing the licensing of new salmon farms. Source

There’s a new wave of hyper-nostalgia for a mythical ‘Britain’ that needs addressing, because it’s based on a number of false, and often rotten assumptions, as the state decomposes in itself and its adherents become hysterical in rancid bigotry. Here’s Rupert Lowe, the leader of something called ‘Restore Britain’ (and a figure too toxic and […] Source

The Sula Sgeir gannet hunt, or “guga hunt,” is a centuries-old Scottish tradition where men from Ness (Isle of Lewis) sail to the uninhabited island of Sula Sgeir in August to harvest young gannets (guga) for food, a practice licensed by NatureScot and considered culturally significant, though animal welfare groups call it cruel and argue […] Source

A BELOVED Scottish bakery has submitted £20 million plans to expand its operating base as part of a bid to double its number of outlets. Source

ALDI has announced £43 million plans to open two new Scottish stores and expand five others Source

A nightclub has issued a statement addressing concerns over damage after a major fire broke out in Glasgow on Saturday night Source

A lifeboat crew’s donations aim to make it a merry Christmas for local families in need of support. …

Fresh out of yet another meeting about tackling the housing crisis? Tired of stakeholder community engagement seminars, bored out of your head with yet another housing survey, had enough of waiting for policy makers and legislators getting their act into gear as you see young families give up on promising lives and migrate to city […] Source