AN investigation into the state of the pier is set to be concluded. …

DO YOU fancy playing walking football? …

Discovery at the Cabrach 100-years ago this week. …

The news from The Sun (Don’t buy The Sun) that Dame Arlene Foster and Lady Colonel Ruth Davidson ‘are set to go on tour – to stop the nation breaking up’ has set Bella alight with joy and a certain kind of glee. The framing of this wonderous event is a thing of beauty. The […] Source

Anyone else getting déjà vu? It feels like the 1980s. Not just because we have a bad imitation of Thatcher about to be anointed by the Tory faithful, but the grim statistics of imminent poverty and homelessness and the strident right-wing rhetoric being played out against ordinary people fighting for a decent wage. New statistics […] Source

THE Insolvency Service has determined P&O Ferries will not face criminal proceedings over its actions in firing almost 800 workers earlier this year. Source

From Discontent. Hosted by Cat Boyd, with singer Iona Fyfe, activist Jonathon Shafi, singer songwriter Hawaii_Fivo, Conservative councillor Jo Mowat, writer John Ferry, and ex Scottish Rugby Internationalist Norrie Rowan. Source

P&O Ferries has been accused of acting like a “corporate gangster” for celebrating record profits just months after it sacked 800 UK-based workers without notice. Source

PROMISES of tax cuts from the two Tories aiming to take over as prime minister are “irresponsible fantasy”, the SNP have said, pointing to analysis from a prominent think-tank. Source

ARCHAEOLOGISTS working with The National Trust for Scotland have made new discoveries surrounding nineteenth century whisky production. Source

  Well-known Unionist commentator Alex Massie amusingly told Radio 4 yesterday: “If you were to say to me that there will be a referendum in say 15 years’ time, I would probably, if pushed, expect Scotland to vote for independence,”.  Some might have been surprised to hear Massie concede that Scottish…

A SUBSTANTIAL majority of the UK public support bringing key utility services into the public sector, extraordinary new polling has found. Source