Virgin Hotels Glasgow is at risk after the owner of the Clyde Street building entered administration earlier this month. Source

SCOTLAND needs full powers over the energy sector to ensure a just transition, the SNP have insisted, after experts estimated jobs in renewables rocketed in 2021. Source

THE UK Government is facing legal action over the approval of the Rosebank Source

I stand behind no-one in my hatred of the royal family and everything they stand for. The creepy Christmas advert of the Princess of Wales and her children volunteering at a baby bank was just seasonal propaganda. The whole lot of them need their heads chopped off. But I was cheering Harry on Friday after […] Source

Over 100 Scottish playwrights and theatre writers, including Rona Munro, Stephen Greenhorn, Liz Lochhead, Gregory Burke, Adura Onashile, Alan Bissett, May Sumbwanyambe and Karine Polwart have signed an open letter condemning recent attacks on The Freedom Theatre of Jenin. The text of the letter and the full list of signatures can be viewed below. OPEN […] Source

Victim airlifted to hospital and underwent surgery. …

FASHION retailer Zara has pulled an advert from its website featuring mannequins with missing limbs and statues wrapped in white following accusations it resembled scenes in Gaza. Source

More than 1700 hospital patients will wake up to a present from Santa on Christmas morning, thanks to NHS Grampian Charity. …

FOURTEEN Scottish firms have been chosen for major energy transition funding. Source

Second World War veteran Peter Lemon. …

Multiple news stories of late have described the extent of racism and sexism across institutions including within policing. Whilst many may read it in shock, for many women like me, we are not surprised, shocked, or outraged. Many of us know these experiences all too well and have sadly almost started to accept their existence. […] Source

LYNDSEY Ward of Communities B4 Power Companies is the latest correspondent to check the UK energy market during a period of clear calm weather (Letters, 8 Dec). She knows that gas power stations will be brought online for a number of days and National Grid Electricity System Operator will be requesting imports of electricity from Europe. We experience these conditions a few times a year. Source

Andy Wightman has began to develop proposals for a comprehensive Land Reform Bill – “one that goes far further than existing proposals in reforming Scotland’s land governance”. It’s published here (with kind permission) but you can read the original on Andy’s blog here. I (re) publish it because its a significant bit of work in […] Source