THE Forres based spaceflight company has appointed Martin Coates as their new interim CEO. …

DISSOLVING DEMOCRACY: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn When Leo Tolstoy was asked by his increasingly anxious publisher, who had forwarded him a considerable sum of money for his next novel, when he could expect the book, he was told by the writer, “Anna Karenina has left. I am waiting for her […] Source

MORAY MSP has his say on proposed cuts for nursery and primary school admin staff. …

A SCOTTISH funeral parlour says it aims to put smiles on people’s faces on the darkest days with their “wacky” coffin designs – including one that looks like a pint of Tennents lager. Source

Properties on Banff Road, Keith. …

AN 88-year-old Scottish butchers has beat off fierce competition to be crowned the best in the UK. Source

A SCOTTISH brewery which started as a home-brewing project in its co-founder’s spare bedroom has found success and is now shipping internationally. Source

NEW North Sea oil and gas developments will reportedly be blocked under a Labour government. Source

Polling published this week from YouGov and IPSOS showed seemingly contradictory insights into the trajectory of Scottish politics. According to new YouGov polling, if a general election held tomorrow the SNP could fall back to 27 seats in Scotland, with Labour gaining 23 from their nationalist rivals to bring their seat tally up to 24, […] Source

  Scottish Secretary Alister Jack is just one of around 50 people who are expected to receive the sham title of ‘Lord’ in Boris Johnson’s so-called resignation ‘honours’ list.  The House of Lords is already an undemocratic sham but this new list which includes lacklustre MPs like Nadine Dorries, rewarded…

The exhibition A Fragile Correspondence opened last weekend in Venice, one of the eight collateral events for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale Docks, S. Pietro di Castello, Venice. Commissioned by the Scotland + Venice partnership and curated by the Architecture Fringe, -ism, and /other, A Fragile Correspondence […] Source

THE Scottish Greens have made an eight-minute online film in defence of controversial fishing ban proposals – claiming the practice will benefit the fishing industry and the environment. Source

Research published by polling firm Ipsos Mori has found that the UK public has among the lowest confidence in its economy of any country. The poll, conducted between the 24th March and 7th April 2023 featuring 23,309 respondents from 29 countries, found that six in ten people in the UK believe it will take at […] Source