SOFT drinks giants including Coca-Cola and the makers of Irn-Bru have joined together to urge Scotland’s next first minister to make introducing deposit return a “top priority”. Source

The end of Nicola Sturgeon’s time in office and the end of Boris Johnson’s time in the limelight, alongside the marking of the three-year anniversary since we entered lockdown in the UK acts like a triptych of strange endings. Of course covid has not gone away, grotesque elite figures like Johnson will return and Sturgeon’s […] Source

A PROMINENT Humza Yousaf-backer has cast doubt on whether he can achieve one of his key policy pledges. Source

“The Sturgeon era can be defined simply: never has so little been achieved, with so much power.” – Jonathon Shafi The statement seems true, but also insufficient. The binary analysis of Nicola Sturgeon’s time in office – between fawning acolytes and and bitter detractors – seem both absurd. The FM and the leader of by […] Source

New research by the Resolution Foundation shows workers in the UK are £11,000 worse off a year after fifteen years of stagnation. It comes as the OBR warned that UK households face the biggest fall in living standards since records began, with real household disposable income (income adjusted for inflation) expected to fall by 6% […] Source

Universal Hall venue for classic fairytale. …

Ex-partner admits incidents of domestic abuse. …

A woman was left stunned after finding rows of sharp razors all over the walls of a Glasgow hotel. Source

THE choir will perform their first concert of the year this weekend. …

For a Scottish Republic. Not Our King.  On September 18th, 2014, something truly remarkable in politics happened.  By the time of the Scottish independence referendum, held on that day, 97% of Scotland’s potential electorate had registered to vote and 85% took part.  This level of democracy is something unprecedented anywhere in the UK’s history.  This […] Source

We have hundreds of posters distributed across Edinburgh. If you see one – take a photo and tag us and Leamington Books on Twitter or Instagram (@leamingtonbooks) – we’ll message you a discount code that will get you £5 off the Bella Anthology as well as free postage! There’s three different kinds of posters your […] Source

One of Glasgow’s best-known shops has been given a licence to sell alcohol. Source

The SNP’s leadership contest has not so far been the greatest advert for the party. Shaped by the end of the Salmond-Sturgeon era of the SNP and Scottish politics which has lasted for nearly two decades, behind the once impressive, professional and disciplined façade a deep malaise and decay has been revealed. In recent days […] Source