THE world’s oldest single malt Scotch whisky is set to be released by a Highland firm Source

A GIFT shop in Edinburgh has been accused of tax evasion following an investigation into shop units rented from a company founded by one of Britain’s richest men, Asif Aziz Source

AN Aberdeen-based institute has successfully bred the UK’s first blueberry after 10 years’ of research Source

BREWDOG is set to close 10 bars across the UK, including two in Scotland, as soon as this Friday … Source

Brewdog ‘set to close 10 flagship bars’ including in Scottish city … Source

That it took a Tory to call out the behaviour of the Foreign Secretary and the conduct of the British Government over Israel is both shameful and revealing. In an extraordinary moment in the House of Commons, Malthouse said he was ‘beyond words’ at Lammy’s inaction towards Israel. He told the Labour minister this amounted […] Source

lower case highlights cultural events, new releases, short reviews, jobs and writing opportunities. Our focus is on small and micro press, radical publishers, and events from independent bookshops. Readers & bookshop events suggestions welcome.   In Glasgow his Friday there’s the first Afro-Scottish Poetry Event, curator Chisom Okoronkwo tells Bella: “The Afro-Scottish Poetry Event was […] Source

Europe’s Crisis Is Only Just Beginning | Aaron Bastani Meets Jean-Luc Mélenchon Source

Officers want to speak to people with deck chairs and fishing rods seen in Loch Allan area at time of devastating outbreak …

The Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP Graham Leadbitter reveals at least 10 locals caught up in ‘horrific miscarriage of justice’. …

THE UK Government has been accused of adding “insult to injury” after repeatedly refusing to disclose the amount of public funding it has spent to keep an English oil refinery running … Source

A Moray estate extending to well over 1300 acres has hit the market for offers over £6.5 million. …

Michelle Thomson, the SNP MSP for Falkirk East, writes on the Labour Government’s differing approaches to Scottish and English jobs … Source

More than 170 jobs have been lost after a Scottish cybersecurity firm went into administration … Source