A RUSSIAN-OWNED ship will no longer dock in Orkney as planned, the local authority has confirmed. Source

A SCOTTISH pension fund worth almost £28 billion and covering staff across a wide range of public bodies and local authorities has been urged to divest a multi-million pound investment in a state-owned Russian bank. Source

NICOLA Sturgeon has confirmed she made demands to the UK Government to stop a Russian oil tanker from docking in Scotland. Source

A CENTRE to help develop floating offshore windfarms has been launched in Aberdeen, with Nicola Sturgeon praising the “world-first” renewable energy project. Source

NO curfew on kids' hunger – that is the passionate plea behind a petition created by a Buckie Community High School student. …

  As Ukrainians are forced to flee, Brexit Britain has failed to step up to the plate. While EU countries are welcoming Ukrainian refugees with a three-year visa-free asylum policy, the UK’s Border Force is turning them back. They have been told to seek admission by applying for seasonal work.  Even the parents of adults […] Source

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information after an abstract painting was stolen from an address in Portknockie. …

Peaky Blinders is back on our screens. …

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The figure has more than doubled since 2018 Source

A SCOTTISH cafe has put out an urgent advert for new staff – but suggested that people who wear masks, test for Covid-19, or read the Guardian need not apply. Source

A TOTAL of 22% of the workers (600,000 people) in Scotland are employed by the public sector. This means there is a guarantee of one-fifth of Scots to be paid the new currency on day one of its launch… Source

THERE were plenty of lovely aromas to savour at Arradoul SWI hall when the group held their February meeting. …

A NEW post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at a north-east university. …