John Swinney will use his meeting with Donald Trump to push for stronger US pressure on Israel and to seek trade concessions for key Scottish exports Source

SCOTLAND’S tragedy continues. First it was Source

Scotland can learn from Aotearoa (New Zealand), where Māori communities established Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori immersion schools) and Kōhanga Reo (Māori language nests for toddlers) to defend their culture and save their language. Language. It’s more than just words; it’s the very soul of the people, woven into every thread of their culture and identity. […] Source

After earlier reporting on the claims by the BBC’s film critic Siobhan Synnot that the Edinburgh Film Festival is “created in London and shipped up to Edinburgh for ten days” and that “90% of the people who select the films live outside Scotland and are London-based” [Edinburgh Film Festival ‘created in London’ ] – a […] Source

BrewDog is closing ten bars across the UK, with staff reportedly given “three days’ notice”. Unite Hospitality said: “BrewDog have announced that they are closing 10 flagship bars from Aberdeen to Camden, as soon as THIS FRIDAY! In what universe is 3 DAYS a morally (or legally) acceptable notice period for a proper redundancy consultation […] Source

The A96 is closed between Inverness and Nairn due to a road traffic incident. …

Large crowd gathers outside leisure centre. …

A 39-year-old murderer has returned to jail after threatening youths with a knife. …

THE world’s oldest single malt Scotch whisky is set to be released by a Highland firm Source

A GIFT shop in Edinburgh has been accused of tax evasion following an investigation into shop units rented from a company founded by one of Britain’s richest men, Asif Aziz Source

AN Aberdeen-based institute has successfully bred the UK’s first blueberry after 10 years’ of research Source

BREWDOG is set to close 10 bars across the UK, including two in Scotland, as soon as this Friday … Source

Brewdog ‘set to close 10 flagship bars’ including in Scottish city … Source

That it took a Tory to call out the behaviour of the Foreign Secretary and the conduct of the British Government over Israel is both shameful and revealing. In an extraordinary moment in the House of Commons, Malthouse said he was ‘beyond words’ at Lammy’s inaction towards Israel. He told the Labour minister this amounted […] Source