Boy wanted to go outside for a run. …

A SCOTS musician and entrepreneur has told how the nightmare of Brexit has been a “bomb” in his life – leaving him unable to tour and posing huge problems for his online merchandising business. Source

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THE funding has been made available as part of the UK's withdrawal agreement with the EU. …

Jazz at the Third Eye is a multi-media project exploring Glasgow’s visionary arts centre, launching this weekend. As a young man working in Glasgow City Centre in the early 1980s, the Third Eye Centre was always a draw. I spent many of my lunchtimes there and often headed straight there after work to view the […] Source

A SPACE rocket set to be launched from the Highlands is poised to become one of the most environmentally friendly of its type. Source

Forty years on, Douglas Robertson and Graeme Purves reflect back on 1981 and the various political and cultural developments which wove together the campaign that delivered Scotland’s Parliament. The debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament Building © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 The forces that had come together to campaign for a Yes vote in the 1979 […] Source

IN 2014, just before the independence referendum, Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Ed Davey all came to Peterhead and announced £100 million for a carbon capture and storage facility to tackle climate change. This was sold as one of the “benefits” of the Union. £1 billion and a job bonanza were “promised”. Once Scotland voted to stay in the UK the Westminster government promptly cancelled the contract. Source

FARMERS have warned of “huge downsides” after Boris Johnson’s government announced it had agreed a trade deal with New Zealand. Source

Three men in water off Chanonry Point on the Black Isle. …

GRASS root organisations are being invited to apply for cash from a new marine conservation fund. …

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ELGIN BID manager Gemma Cruickshank praised the 10 winners at this year's Elgin BID Awards. …

THE UK Government’s snub of a carbon capture project in the north east of Scotland has been described as a “real blow” for the country by a billionaire Scottish businessman. Source

Promises to make Scotland a world leader in carbon capture technology made by the UK government in its bid to woo voters in the 2014 independence referendum were yesterday revealed as a dirty trick. Westminster has now told Scotland that far from leading the world in this green initiative it will not now receive UK […] Source