Month: May 2025
A96 reopens between Forres and Elgin after three hurt in coach and van crash
Speymouth
Heroin and other drugs found in police raid on couple’s home
Speymouth
Town remembers plane crash tragedy which claimed 11 lives
Speymouth
Scottish travel firm closes ‘out of the blue’ after 20 years with all jobs lost
Speymouth
The difficulty of tactical voting in the Holyrood list vote
Speymouth
It is now less than a year to the next Scottish Parliament elections and once more social media screen space is being consumed with arguments about tactical voting in the regional list vote. Every time there’s a Scottish election this argument comes up, even though tactical voting on the regional list…
Shell pays no tax on North Sea drilling and gets £12.4m back from HMRC
Speymouth
US game developers admit using Scottish artist’s work without permission
Speymouth
Gone Fishing
Speymouth
“Some sections of Scotland’s fishing industry have accused Sir Keir Starmer’s government of “capitulating” to the EU over a deal on access to UK waters. Labour ministers have agreed a 12-year deal which extends existing access for EU boats in exchange for reduced checks and restrictions on food exports. The agreement, which also includes a […] Source
UK ports demand compensation for ‘£120m wasted on Brexit’ after new EU-UK deal
Speymouth
Airport launches ‘game-changing’ cargo flights between Scotland and China
Speymouth
Free Palestine Now
Speymouth
Mike Small looks to the historical precedents of anti-imperialist struggles for lessons in resisting Israeli atrocities. On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet saying: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when […] Source
The Portobello Paradox
Speymouth
The Paradox of Portobello: community action soars, community council collapses by Justin Kenrick and Eva Schonveld. Community action is infectious: Membership of Action Porty has trebled to over 1,400 in a month. Vibrant community venues stretch along the High Street – from Bellfield, Tribe Porty, Tills, the Town Hall, to the Wash House, Porty Bookshop, […] Source
Starmer’s Enoch Powell moment
Speymouth
The fall out continues over Keir Starmer’s gob-smacking speech on immigration on Monday in which he echoed the language of the notoriously racist “rivers of blood” speech delivered by Enoch Powell in 1968 to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham. At the time Powell was the Shadow Secretary…
Council bans use of mobile phones in all schools
Speymouth
Unpaid work for man who fractured pub-goers leg in fight
Speymouth