Nearly 90 per cent of all planning applications to convert properties into Airbnb-style accommodation in Edinburgh have been rejected since new rules were announced in 2022, according to a freedom of information (FOI) request. Source

THE UK’s biggest retailers have warned the Chancellor that jobs will be cut and prices will have to rise as they face a more-than-£7 billion hit from Budget tax increases… Source

Following the results of the 2024 US presidential election, Mehdi Hasan is joined by comedians Amanda Seales and Francesca Fiorentini for a post-post-mortem on Democrats’ historic defeat. They discuss the Harris campaign’s many mistakes, from cozying up to Republican neocons, to abandoning Bernie Sanders-style populism, to inexplicably hiding their only cool person, Tim Walz. Source

On the matter of representation in Holyrood and Westminster, there is a very silly argument being exploited for extraneous and irrelevant purposes (other political agendas), leading to self-defeating division in the SNP, about Stephen Flynn’s desire to stand for election in both Westminster and Holyrood. Stephen Flynn is quite right to stand for both Parliaments, […] Source

An appeal to help trace John Geddes from Lossiemouth was launched earlier today, November 12. …

Figures show 11 staff members assaulted each day. …

A MAJOR European retailer is set to open its fifth Scottish store later this month. Source

A Moray women’s football team captain is eyeing some silverware off the pitch after being shortlisted for a major award. …

THE London Marathon organisers have bought the Scottish firms behind the Loch Ness Marathon and Etape Loch Ness cycling event. Source

A SUBSEA power line between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been given the green light … Source

A LEGAL challenge against the Rosebank oil field has begun in Edinburgh … Source

A FAMILY-RUN Scottish dairy farm has hailed a major new deal for one of its products… Source

The philosophical underpinnings, if you can call them that, of the MAGA movements are a potent mixture of libertarianism (masking as of the left) and authoritarianism (not bothering to mask as from the far-right). These take in ideas from Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel and strategy from Steve Bannon, all of whom are a major […] Source