THE North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Service is due to start screening sessions in Buckie. …

Princess Anne is set to visit the 30th annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy. …

Agricultural worker was heading to grassland near his home …

A SCOTTISH innovator has received a significant boost to their early-stage business from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, through the Young Innovators Next Steps Awards. Source

  Today the Scottish Government released its fourth paper in the ‘Building a New Scotland’ series. This paper covered the constitutional future of an independent Scotland. Following independence, Scotland would move away from the UK constitutional system by adopting a written, codified constitution, enshrining the rights of all citizens and…

The tragedy of the Greece shipwreck in which hundreds of people are confirmed dead as I write, and up to 100 children were said to be below deck, is a metaphor for our times. It is first a humanitarian and political disgrace – an ongoing one I know – but one that we have become […] Source

IN the heart of the North East of Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray endure a profound paradox – these regions host the vast majority of the UK’s oil and gas reserves and lead the country in renewable energy production, yet we suffer from some of the highest energy prices in the UK. This injustice manifests the broader systemic neglect of the North East by the UK Government and their failure to govern responsibly, an inequity that Scottish independence can remedy. Source

The Distinct Smell of Burning Pants, the BBC and Telling Political Lies Why is this Lying Bastard lying to me?, Rob Burley, Mudlark £16.99. Reviewed by Ken Macdonald  People just love being lied to.  Or at least a significant proportion of them do. How else to explain an era in which proven liars are elected […] Source

THREE activists who smashed the case holding William Wallace’s sword have been ordered to pay more than £3000 each to cover the cost of its replacement … Source

WEEKS after closing for refurbishment a Rangers pub in Dennistoun, Glasgow faces closure. Source

The UK’s privatised national energy grid is “weak” and nowhere near where it should be to support the transition to green energy. For some privileged people like Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the lack of capacity can be overcome – he paid tens of thousands to upgrade the grid near his home to heat his personal […] Source

The scandal-hit hedge fund set up by Crispin Odey is being broken up as it confirmed talks to transfer some of its funds to rival firms amid an intensifying crisis following sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. Source