Readers will be familiar with the terrible egg-related violence from 2014, but, as Labour announce their first budget today (subtitled: ‘Punching Down”) we thought it would be a good moment to write a brief history of punches, fracas and general low-level violence in British politics. The following was of course inspired by Labour’s Mike Amesbury […] Source

UBER has officially launched in Aberdeen amid fierce criticism from the city’s taxi firms … Source

A GLOBAL packaging manufacturer has been slammed for a “sickening” decision pull scores of jobs from a Scottish council area … Source

MORE than 20 pro-Ukraine groups, including MSPs, are calling for tougher sanctions on Russia by banning companies in the UK which are helping the country export gas … Source

A major road has been closed after a collision between two vehicles. …

A 19-year-old left one police officer with a 2cm cut and spat at another in an attack at his home. …

Club now deducted 15 points and at the bottom of League One. …

A PROPOSAL to charge Scots to sail on the Clyde has been met with outrage … Source

THE iconic Edinburgh building which houses Diageo’s Johnnie Walker experience is for sale, seeking offers of more than £31.58 million. Source

A SCOTTISH Christmas tree farm which provides firs to a luxury hotel as well as 10 Downing Street has been put up for sale… Source

AN American corporation’s building in Clydebank has been sprayed with red paint in a protest over its operations in Israel. Source

SCOTS have shared their disgust online over Union flags being advertised on Scottish fruit rather than a Saltire … Source

Scotland needs a different constitutional path out of the Union than that laid out for Northern Ireland, and a different one from that proposed by Stephen Noon and Kezia Dugdale with the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow argues Gordon Guthrie. John Taylor checked himself out of the hospital where he was […] Source