The most loyal customers will be rewarded with freebies for 2025’s festival. …

PLANNING for a £150 million redevelopment for a Scottish port to help support an offshore wind site has been submitted … Source

A FOUR-STAR boutique hotel located in the heart of Scotland’s “golf coast” has been put up for sale. Source

A SPACE firm has landed more than £320,000 to help it become a key player in one of the UK’s fastest-growing industry sectors … Source

A BUTCHER has won Scotland’s coveted National Black Pudding Championship title for an unprecedented fourth time. Source

A WARNING has been issued that the next UK Government will have just 100 days to save 100,000 jobs in the North Sea energy sector as companies consider pulling investment from the UK. Source

The unspeakable horrors of the war on Gaza have, improbably, got worse. Laith Arafeh, Ambassador; Head of the Palestine Mission to the Federal Republic of Germany, writes: “One day after the ICJ ordered Israel to cease its aggression on Rafah, Israel bombs tents sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians in the city, setting the make-shift camp […] Source

The Tories are running the most inept and chaotic election campaign ever seen as they slide into electoral oblivion. In desperation they have plucked National Service out of the ether in an attempt to shore up their elderly vote. It’s a catastrophic idea described hilariously by a pliant media as “the first major policy announcement […] Source

AN ELGIN 22-year-old has admitted calling a police officer a “spastic and a piggy b******” after he “took some exception” to being arrested. …

New development proposed for town centre. …

THE event is due to be held on June 8. …

An online car retailer has entered administration with over 200 jobs at risk … Source

More on the #ScottishCensus2022. Some good news for Gaelic. The census shows us that: 2.5% of people aged 3+ had some skills in Gaelic in 2022. This is an increase of 43,100 since 2011. The percentage of 3 to 15 year olds with Gaelic skills doubled from 1.3% to 2.9%. The census also revealed that […] Source