James Eastwood and his union colleagues got to their office one Tuesday afternoon to find that someone had broken in. The intruder hadn’t taken personal valuables or expensive equipment: all they had done was pull down the pro-Palestine posters in the window. The break-in didn’t come as a huge shock to Eastwood, co-chair of the […] Source

A CHARITY operating in Scotland for more than 41 years has announced its permanent closure. Source

The phrase a ‘Tory Free Scotland’ has been about for ages. It’s not controversial. Everyone knows what it means. It means to annihilate the Conservative Party at an election. Duh. It’s happened several times in my lifetime. In fact the Tories haven’t been elected here since 1955. We know all this. The phrase – or […] Source

A SCOTTISH oil and gas giant has sent millions of dollars to a company accused of helping to maintain illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. Source

The Scottish government has introduced a Land Reform Bill to encourage community ownership by granting ministers powers to intervene in the sale of estates of more than 1,000 hectares. Sarah-Jane Laing, the chief executive of Scottish Land and Estates, said the new measures were a destructive “full-on attack” on the property rights of owners and […] Source

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the oil and gas industry were the losers from the last budget. But he didn’t go far enough – he should have admitted that Scotland is the loser. Scotland’s economic future is at stake. Failing to manage the transition from oil and gas to renewables effectively would mean a massive […] Source

A MORAY Council challenge to the Eight Acres' use as an asylum hotel has been overturned, we take you through the big questions around the case. …

NEW figures show an increase in the number of people on the local authority's council house waiting list. …

Years go by and the subculture of elements of Scottish football go unchanged and unchallenged. Racism and sectarianism become completely normalised and you gradually become inured to it. Like a background noise it just becomes indistinct. But on Sunday in the Scottish Cup Quarter Final a line was crossed that allowed some change to be […] Source

ELGIN Musical Theatre hit a high note with their sold-out production of Footloose …

It’s long been observed that British politics is ‘circling the sewer’ but events of the past few days would suggest its already down the stank. As Michael Gove announced new definitions of ‘extremism’  it emerged that the Conservatives’ biggest donor – Frank Hester – had told colleagues that looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want […] Source

AN AWARD-WINNING Scottish buffalo farm has gone bust with jobs at risk… Source

A SCOTTISH construction firm has gone bust with all staff losing their jobs… Source

A SCOTTISH hydrogen storage firm will take part in a major trial looking at potential ways to decarbonise the UK gas network … Source