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Conservatives Plan to Override Holyrood on Nuclear Power, Targeting Powers Scotland Has Held Since 1999

Andrew Bowie says a future Conservative government would legislate so that new nuclear power “can and will” be built in Scotland despite Scottish Government opposition. The powers at the centre of the dispute are not a recent SNP creation: responsibility for consenting major generating

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s 2027–28 Budget Faces a £772 Million Reconciliation

A £772.4 million downward adjustment is now built into the provisional arithmetic for Scotland’s 2027–28 Budget. Most of it arises from Scottish Income Tax — not because tax receipts collapsed, but because the forecasts used when the 2024–25 Budget was set proved too optimistic

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Scotland’s New Damp and Mould Law Starts on 6 October

From 6 October 2026, social and private landlords across much of Scotland’s rented housing sector must

Bluetongue Zone Goes Nationwide in Scotland as H5N5 Returns to Lewis

Modern Scot reported in August that Scotland’s first bluetongue cluster was confined to four holdings near

NHS Scotland Orders New Disclosure System for Staff Interests

A new national system requiring NHS Scotland staff to declare outside employment, business interests, private clinical

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Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Declined £20,675 to Restore Five Drug-Wastewater Monitoring Sites

Internal records show the Scottish Government was offered the chance to return five sites to a UK drug-monitoring programme after Home Office

by Editorial Team

20 August 2026

Environment·Featured

SEPA Plans to Stop Sending Draft Pollution Permit Decisions to People Who Object

Scotland’s environmental regulator is proposing to stop routinely sending draft permit decisions to people who have already objected to or commented on

by Editorial Team

19 August 2026

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Community·Featured·North Lanarkshire

DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI plan gets public backing as Flynn repeats disputed 3,400 jobs claim

A £300 million expansion of DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI data centres is receiving substantial public financial backing while the Scottish Economy Secretary

by Editorial Team

18 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

ScotAccount Brings Digital Identity Into Scotland’s Property Ownership System

Scotland does not currently require a government Digital ID to buy or sell a home, but Scotland is promoting its government Digital

by James Stewart

18 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Ferguson Marine faces 70 Job Losses While Four Vessel Contracts Remain Unsigned

Up to 70 workers could leave Ferguson Marine as the Port Glasgow shipyard runs into a gap between the completion of MV

by Andrew Robertson

18 August 2026

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Featured·Infrastructure·Scottish Borders

More Than 1,000 Customers Connected to GoFibre Network Around Eyemouth

A broadband company founded in the Scottish Borders has passed 1,000 customer connections around Eyemouth, less than nine years after the business

by LM Bruce

18 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

China Is Making the Renminbi Easier to Use in Europe — What It Could Mean for Scotland

Deutsche Bank has become the first non-Chinese bank in Europe authorised to clear China’s renminbi directly. It sounds like a Frankfurt banking

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland, Rebuilt: What 81 Years of Progress Did, and Did Not, Solve

The Scotland that emerged from the Second World War faced a housing shortage measured in hundreds of thousands, decades of outward migration,

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Britain Will Keep Brazilian Meat Market Open as EU Restrictions Begin

Scottish farming and meat organisations are pressing the UK Government to tighten controls on Brazilian beef and poultry before new European Union

by John Campbell

17 August 2026

Scientists collect carcasses at a wind energy facility as part of research to estimate wildlife mortality. Image: Manuela Huso, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), public domain

Environment·Featured

NatureScot Challenges Wind-Farm Bird Model as Scotland’s Own Records Show 71 Raptor Deaths

A study part-funded by NatureScot models substantial long-term effects from wind-turbine collisions on hen harriers and golden eagles in the Flow Country.

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

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Economy·Featured

Bluetongue Reaches Four Scottish Premises as Vaccine Evidence Sharpens the Questions Ahead

Five animals on four premises in Dumfries and Galloway have now been affected by BTV-3. As investigators establish whether Scotland is dealing

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Loch na Cathrach Duibhe and Loch Eriboll From the top of an escarpment west of Ben Heilam

Energy·Featured

Two Scottish Hydro Schemes Fall Below Ofgem Financial Test as Regulator Weighs Consumer Risk

Glenmuckloch and Loch na Cathrach remain outside Ofgem’s proposed long-duration electricity storage portfolio after the regulator assessed both below a financial threshold

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

Caption: The Hill House in Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, stands beneath the protective Hill House Box, which has sheltered the building from rain while its

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Mackintosh’s Hill House Moves Towards New ‘Breathable’ Exterior After 120 Years of Damp

The National Trust for Scotland is commissioning a detailed survey of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House as it prepares to replace the

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Transport

ScotRail’s £83.8m Retail Contract Comes Into View After Troubled App Launch

The scale of the deal behind ScotRail’s new ticketing system is now public: £83.763 million for technology spanning the website, app, ticket

by Andrew Robertson

17 August 2026

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Glasgow City·Infrastructure

Nearly £1bn of Glasgow Building Work Passes Through Service Missing National Response Targets

Glasgow’s building standards service handled warrant applications representing £983 million of construction during 2025–26, but remained below national targets for two of

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government

NHS Scotland Seeks Provider for £9m Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Service

NHS Scotland is seeking a provider for a national online cognitive behavioural therapy service under a contract worth up to £9m. The

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Nearly One in Four Larger Manufacturers in Scotland Reports Impact From US Tariffs

New Scottish Government estimates show US tariff effects remain concentrated among manufacturers and goods exporters, while the American tariff regime itself changed

by John Campbell

17 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish History Ledger

The Men Who Came to Take Lewis

In 1598, James VI granted a group of Lowland landowners sweeping rights over Lewis. They came with soldiers, craftsmen and plans for

by LM Bruce

13 August 2026

Policy and Government

New Safety Guidance Issued for Nearly 500,000 Traditional Scottish Buildings

The first major guidance of its kind in almost two decades follows lessons from the fatal Cameron House Hotel fire. New guidance

by James Stewart

13 August 2026

Energy

Community Renewable Energy Fund Increased to £15m a Year

Scottish community groups are being offered more financial support to own renewable energy projects and reduce the running costs of local buildings.

by John Campbell

13 August 2026

Na h-Eileanan Siar·Policy and Government

£1.5m announced to support Gaelic in designated communities

The funding was announced as the second phase of the Cnoc Soilleir Gaelic cultural and education centre opened in South Uist. Scottish

by Andrew Robertson

13 August 2026

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Community·Highland

More than 8,800 households waiting for social housing in Highland

Demand continues to outstrip the availability of homes across much of the Highlands, with Inverness accounting for a particularly large share of

by James Stewart

13 August 2026

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Economy

Scotland revenues reach £98.3bn as fiscal deficit narrows

Government revenues attributed to Scotland rose by £6.3bn in 2025-26, while the gap between estimated public spending and revenue narrowed to £25.3bn.

by Andrew Robertson

13 August 2026

Wick — Royal Bank of Scotland, 1 Bridge Street The former Royal Bank of Scotland at 1 Bridge Street, Wick, a monumental stone banking building whose clock tower still dominates the

Economy·Featured

A Country Without Tellers: How Scotland Lost Its Banks

In little more than a decade, Scotland has watched a familiar piece of civic life disappear from hundreds of communities. The story

by LM Bruce

13 August 2026

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Featured·Infrastructure

Some Scottish Sewer-Overflow Projects Move Into The 2030s As Regulators Question The Starting Line

Minutes published in July reveal that Scottish Water, SEPA and the Scottish Government do not share the same understanding of the baseline

by James Stewart

11 August 2026

An artistic reconstruction of Bessie Bell and Mary Gray standing beside the simple woodland bower associated with their story, near a river in seventeenth century Perthshire during

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Perth and Kinross·Scottish History Ledger

Bessie Bell And Mary Gray: The Evidence Behind Perthshire’s Plague Ballad

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2015 For centuries, Bessie Bell and Mary Gray have been remembered as two young Perthshire women who tried to

by LM Bruce

11 August 2026

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Featured·Fife·Infrastructure·Scottish News

Dunfermline’s Northern Link Road Moves Towards Planning As £70m Road Programme Takes Shape

Fife Council is preparing to seek planning permission for the first council-led section of a new strategic road across the north of

by LM Bruce

11 August 2026

Featured·Transport

Scottish Bus Study Warns 2030 Electric Transition Could Push Rural Operators Out

Scottish Ministers have powers to restrict newly registered non-zero-emission buses from local services from a date no earlier than 2030. But research

by John Campbell

11 August 2026

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Economy·Featured

Scotland’s Power-Machinery Imports Jump 46% as Government Pushes Home-Grown Wind Manufacturing

Power-generating machinery accounted for around two-fifths of the increase in Scotland’s goods imports in the year to March 2026. The statistics do

by Andrew Robertson

10 August 2026

Environment·Featured

Scottish Government Said Wind-Farm Woodland Loss Was ‘Small’. FLS Says It Cannot Calculate It

Forestry and Land Scotland has disclosed the individual developments associated with more than 8,600 hectares of forestry felling on Scotland’s national estate,

by LM Bruce

10 August 2026

Turbine at Dorenell wind farm, south of Dufftown. Image thanks to EDF

Energy·Featured

The £11 Million Rent Beneath Moray’s Wind and the 67 Turbines That Could Follow

Court papers exposed an index-linked £6 million minimum rent at Dorenell Wind Farm; subsequent reporting found the land payment had reached about

by John Campbell

10 August 2026

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Featured·Heritage and Arts·Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

Old Scottish Fisheries – A Scotland Once Described By Its Fish

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2016 Long before oil, whisky or tourism became shorthand for Scottish wealth, foreign visitors and Scotland’s own chroniclers repeatedly

by Editorial Team

9 August 2026

Environment

Scotland Delays Its Private-Jet Levy While Empty Private Jets Remain Beyond Reach

Ministers say private-jet users should pay a fair share because their emissions per passenger are disproportionately high. Yet Scotland’s additional levy will

by LM Bruce

6 August 2026

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Featured·Transport

War Exposes Scotland’s Dependence On English Supply Routes

Scotland has avoided a sustained nationwide shortage of fuel, food or essential goods. Yet 21.1 million tonnes entered the country by road

by LM Bruce

6 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s International Services Exports May Have Reached £19 Billion – But The Official Estimate Stops At 2023

A report commissioned by the Scottish Government estimates that Scotland’s international services exports may have reached £19.2 billion in 2025. The corresponding

by James Stewart

6 August 2026

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Policy and Government

Scotland Looks To Displaced Care Workers To Add 45,000 Hours A Month

The Scottish Government says a recruitment scheme could add 45,000 hours of adult social-care work each month, but the figure describes potential

by Andrew Robertson

6 August 2026

William Home Lizars’ comparative view of Scotland’s principal rivers, published by John Thomson in the early nineteenth century. The rivers are arranged by reported length rather than geographical position.

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Scotland’s Rivers In 1831: What A Remarkable Atlas Reveals About Two Centuries Of Change

A hand-coloured chart published nearly two centuries ago attempted to place Scotland’s great rivers side by side. The Tay still stands at

by LM Bruce

5 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland’s Elected Representatives, Counted: 1,407 Names Across Councils, Holyrood and Westminster

Modern Scot assembled the current official details of Scotland’s serving councillors, MSPs and MPs. The directory contains 1,407 elected representatives: 1,221 councillors,

by LM Bruce

5 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Twenty Of Scotland’s 24 Community Energy Meetings Came From One Consultation

Twenty of the 24 community energy meetings identified by the Scottish Government over a 12-month period came from a single offshore-wind consultation.

by Andrew Robertson

3 August 2026

Environment

Scotland Launches £15 Million Flood Fund After Years Of Delayed And Rising-Cost Schemes

The Scottish Government has launched a £15 million flood-resilience fund, but communities will not begin receiving money for local projects until 2027

by John Campbell

3 August 2026

Economy·Highland

Highland Councillors Back New Controls On Holiday Lets

Councillors in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh have backed plans that could require planning permission before more permanent homes are converted into

by LM Bruce

3 August 2026

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Featured·Infrastructure

The Two Water Systems Of Scotland

Thousands of people in rural Scotland rely on private water supplies, but ministers have never assessed how their costs and responsibilities compare

by LM Bruce

3 August 2026

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Featured·Infrastructure

Ministers Confirm Scotland’s 20GW Wind Ambition Was Not Mapped To Specific Areas

The Scottish Government has confirmed that its ambition to install 20 gigawatts of onshore wind capacity by 2030 was not accompanied by

by James Stewart

3 August 2026

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Energy·Featured

Scotland’s Local Electricity Network Coordination Group Ended Without A Replacement

A Scottish Government group established to resolve barriers preventing homes, businesses and public infrastructure from connecting to local electricity networks stopped meeting

by Andrew Robertson

3 August 2026

Community·Featured

KEEK Launches To Give Scotland A Fairer Way To Be Found Online

Modern Scot has launched the beta version of KEEK, a human-reviewed search engine for Scottish websites built without paid rankings, sponsored placement

by Editorial Team

1 August 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Promised Every Pupil A Device. Five Years Later, The National Account Is Still Incomplete

The Scottish Government said every school-aged child would receive a digital device by 2026. Its latest report records widespread shared provision, leaves

by James Stewart

31 July 2026

Economy·Featured

Fourteen Councils Exceed Welfare Fund Budgets As Crisis Applications Rise

Scottish councils received more than 258,000 Crisis Grant applications in one year, while emergency spending increased by 26 per cent and fourteen

by Andrew Robertson

31 July 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Open Letter: Scotland Should Not Be Left Behind on Local News

Local news publishers from across Scotland are calling on the Scottish Government to introduce a Scottish Local News Fund, warning that Scotland

by Editorial Team

29 July 2026

City of Edinburgh·Community·Featured

Edinburgh’s Official Statistical Portrait Leaves Crime And Homelessness Outside The Frame

The council’s annual overview records Michelin restaurants, airport passengers and festival attendances. It omits crime entirely and leaves the capital’s legal failures

by John Campbell

29 July 2026

BETA Technologies’ ALIA CTOL (CX300) aircraft, selected for Project SEAN demonstration flights across Scotland’s Highlands and Islands.

Featured·Highland·Transport

£1.52m Trial Will Test Whether Electric Aircraft Can Serve Highland And Island Routes

Project SEAN is a three-month government-funded test of electric flying from Inverness Airport. It will examine whether a small battery-powered aircraft, charging

by John Campbell

29 July 2026

Argyll and Bute·Featured·Policy and Government

The Children Who Leave Mull For School — And The Local Answer Scotland Has Not Yet Tested

Almost one in five secondary-age pupils across Mull, Iona and Ulva attend school on the mainland. Many live in an Oban hostel

by LM Bruce

27 July 2026

Angus·Energy

Montrose Skills Academy Aims To Turn Offshore Wind Growth Into Local Careers

A £1.25 million public investment will help convert part of Montrose Port’s restored Customs House into a specialist training centre, bringing offshore-wind

by Editorial Team

27 July 2026

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Aberdeenshire·Community

Aberdeenshire Restaurant Weeks Return For Third Year As Local Hospitality Campaign Continues To Grow

A council-backed initiative encouraging people to dine locally will return this November after attracting a record number of participating businesses last year

by Editorial Team

27 July 2026

Aberdeen City·Energy·Featured

North Sea Kittiwake Platform Enters Final Phase After 36 Years

A long-serving North Sea production hub is moving towards shutdown and decommissioning, opening another chapter in the industrial transition facing Aberdeen as

by Andrew Robertson

27 July 2026

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Economy·Glasgow City

Glasgow-Based Tech Consultancy Named Among UK’s Best Workplaces For Women

A technology consultancy that chose Glasgow for its first European headquarters has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for

by John Campbell

27 July 2026

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Environment·Featured·Highland

What Will Happen To The Animals Caught In The Cairngorms Wildfire?

Some will have escaped. Others could not. As firefighters continue working across Glenmore and Abernethy, the true cost to wildlife remains hidden

by LM Bruce

27 July 2026

Kinghorn Beach. Image: Bill Kasman / Geograph Britain and Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0

Environment·Featured·Fife

Kinghorn Faces Permanent Bathing Warning As Pollution Source Remains Unresolved

Kinghorn Harbour Beach is carrying a fourth consecutive Poor classification, while bacterial pollution in the burn crossing the sand has prompted a

by John Campbell

27 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure·North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire Council Faces Transparency Questions Over £1.17m Data-Centre Deal

North Ayrshire Council has committed more than £1.17 million of public money to a six-year data-centre contract awarded directly to one supplier.

by Andrew Robertson

25 July 2026

Energy·Featured

Ofgem Plans Tighter Controls On Dividends And Debt At Scotland’s Energy Networks

Britain’s energy regulator is consulting on stronger financial controls for the monopoly companies operating Scotland’s electricity networks, including proposed restrictions on shareholder

by John Campbell

25 July 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scottish Local Government External Debt Budgeted To Rise By £3.2 Billion

Scotland’s councils and other local-authority bodies have budgeted for combined external debt to reach almost £28.8 billion during 2026–27, as borrowing remains

by Andrew Robertson

25 July 2026

Environment·Featured·Highland

Cairngorms Wildfire Declared Major Incident As Nethy Bridge Is Evacuated

An entire Highland village has been evacuated after strengthening winds drove a long-running wildfire towards Nethy Bridge, turning an operation that had

by LM Bruce

25 July 2026

Environment·West Lothian

Livingston Recycling Firm Secures £3.5 Million Public Grant For Plastics Technology

ReVentas will expand its Livingston pilot plant as it works towards commercial deployment of a solvent-based process for difficult plastic waste, although

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Environment·West Dunbartonshire

Balloch Castle Ash Shortlisted For UK Tree Of The Year After Surviving Storms, Disease And Crowds

The veteran ash on the southern shore of Loch Lomond has endured hurricane-force winds, a suspected lightning strike, ash dieback and generations

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·Featured·Stirling

Tributes Paid After Councillor Paul Henke Dies Aged 76

The Forth and Endrick councillor, former Royal Navy bomb-disposal officer and author had served the Balfron community for years before his election

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·South Lanarkshire

£27.8 Million Larkhall Leisure Centre Business Case Sent For City Deal Approval

South Lanarkshire Council has submitted the Full Business Case for Larkhall’s replacement leisure centre after the project’s budget more than doubled and

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·South Ayrshire

Spanish Galleon Replica to Open its Decks at Ayr Harbour

The Galeón Andalucía will spend 11 days in Ayr this August, offering visitors a close view of the ships that helped create

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Policy and Government·Shetland Islands

Shetland Sets Terms For Developers But New Charter Relies On Voluntary Cooperation

Shetland Islands Council has approved a development charter intended to secure greater local benefit from major investment, including renewable energy projects. It

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland’s Digital Identity System Runs on Amazon Cloud

ScotAccount now has more than 768,000 registered accounts and processes biometric images during some identity checks. The Scottish Government says the information

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Muckrach Castle is a Category A listed building.

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Scotland’s Endangered Architecture Left Unmonitored For Two Years As Official At-Risk Register Remains Frozen

Historic Environment Scotland froze the official Buildings at Risk Register in September 2024 after a review found that it was incomplete and

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland’s Public-Sector AI Map Is Stored on Microsoft Cloud Outside Scotland

The Scottish Government has awarded a Finnish software company a £1 million contract to expand the country’s central AI-governance platform. Saidot says

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·Scottish Borders

£1.5m Tennis and Padel Centre to Open at Galashiels Academy in Early 2027

Three covered artificial-clay tennis courts and two padel courts will be built beside the new Galashiels Academy campus, creating the first year-round

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Featured·Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire Establishes Annual Dolly Parton Day After Delivering 230,000 Children’s Books

The first official celebration will take place on 25 September, marking the growth of a locally funded reading programme that sends a

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Police Scotland one office stands in street facing away from camera.

Community·Featured·Perth and Kinross

Officers Begin Daily Perth City Centre Patrols

Police Scotland has assigned officers to weekday city-centre patrols, while new council enforcement staff are expected to extend coverage across Perth and

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Orkney Islands

Orkney Dialect Takes Centre Stage at Kirbuster Farm Museum

Tom Rendall and Neil Leask will explore farming words, weather, poetry and Norse-rooted place names during a free event at one of

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Featured·Orkney Islands

Norman Rendall Retires After 20 Years at Orkney Council Headquarters

The senior caretaker has been thanked for two decades of work keeping the council’s School Place offices running behind the scenes. Senior

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Economy·Featured·North Lanarkshire

Public Grant Helped Bring Post Office Back to Motherwell After Three-Year Gap

The new branch opened on Brandon Parade East in March, creating four jobs and restoring postal, parcel and cash services to the

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

North Ayrshire·Transport

Arran Road Improvement Programme Under Way as Summer Closures Continue

The first daytime closure on the B880 String Road entered its second day on Thursday, with further work planned at Machrie, Dougarie

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland Produces 30 Million Tonnes of Construction Materials but Cannot Show How Long Supplies Will Last

More than 200 mineral-product sites supply the stone, sand, concrete and asphalt used across Scotland, but public records do not provide a

by James Stewart

23 July 2026

Energy·Featured

Scotland’s Energy Backlog Grows as UK Prepares to Favour Strategic Data Centres

Nearly two-thirds of Scotland’s live energy applications have remained in the consenting system for more than a year while the UK Government

by James Stewart

23 July 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Kenneth Branagh to Defend Highland Estate from American Billionaire in New Paramount+ Drama

Laird will place an inherited Scottish estate at the centre of a battle over foreign wealth, family power and control of the

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

The networking day brought together leaders and volunteers from different areas across the Western Isles

Community·Na h-Eileanan Siar

Volunteers and Leaders Join Forces to Widen Opportunities for Youth

Volunteers and school leaders from Lewis, Harris and Benbecula have met in Stornoway to examine how distance, limited local provision and the

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

Aberdeenshire·Heritage and Arts·Moray

Nolan Blockbuster Places Scotland’s North-east Coast Before Global Audience

Findlater Castle, Sunnyside Beach and Culbin appear in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which opened with worldwide ticket sales of almost $264 million.

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

Midlothian Councillor Ellen Scott, on the left, and Depute Lord Lieutenant Harriet Dalrymple visited Wallace and Susan Clark at their home.

Community·Midlothian

Gorebridge Couple Mark 60 Years of Marriage

Wallace and Susan Clark have celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary at the Birkenside home where they have lived for more than half

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

Economy·Inverclyde

Inverclyde Offers Cash Grants in Attempt to Slow Population Decline

One-off grants of up to £400 have been introduced to encourage people to remain in or move to Inverclyde, where the population

by Andrew Robertson

22 July 2026

Community·Glasgow City

George Square Reopening Delayed

Families will be invited into traffic-free streets around George Square in early September as Glasgow marks the reopening of the western section

by LM Bruce

22 July 2026

Aberdeenshire·Featured·Highland·Infrastructure

Caledonia Wind Farms Secure Consent for 140 Turbines in Moray Firth

Scottish ministers have approved two offshore wind farms with a combined anticipated capacity of 2GW. The decision removes a major regulatory barrier,

by James Stewart

22 July 2026

Clyde Arc Bridge along River Clyde Sunset twilight at Glasgow city Scotland UK.

Featured·Glasgow City·Infrastructure

Glasgow Power Network Under Enhanced Monitoring Ahead of Commonwealth Games

SP Energy Networks has introduced additional engineering support and trialled mobile fault-detection technology before the Games begin on Thursday. The measures may

by Andrew Robertson

22 July 2026

Aberdeenshire·Angus·Economy·Featured

Scottish Ministers Disclose Scale of Opposition to Kintore–Tealing Power Line

More than 10,000 people and organisations were notified that they had a right to participate in the examination of SSEN Transmission’s proposed

by John Campbell

22 July 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Legal Aid Reform Promises a Planned System but Does Not Guarantee Access to a Lawyer

Ministers are proposing simpler applications, greater freedom for accredited solicitors and stronger powers to direct services towards areas where private firms are

by James Stewart

22 July 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Burnham Closes Door on Scottish Referendum in First Call with Swinney

The new Prime Minister promised deeper devolution and more pragmatic relations with Holyrood, but made clear that his government was not preparing

by Andrew Robertson

21 July 2026

Highland·Transport

Corran Ferry Infrastructure Works Move into Marine Phase

Construction work on the £30 million Corran Ferry Infrastructure Improvement Scheme has moved into its main marine phase, five months after work

by LM Bruce

20 July 2026

Aberdeen Arts Centre has raised almost £88k in six weeks towards its three year target

Aberdeen City·Community·Featured·Scottish News

Performers Rally Behind Aberdeen Arts Centre

More than 100 performers from across north-east Scotland will take part in two fundraising shows this autumn as Aberdeen Arts Centre continues

by LM Bruce

20 July 2026

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Economy·Featured·North Lanarkshire

If the AI Bubble Bursts, What Happens to Scotland

Editor’s Note: This investigation concerns more than the financial risk of an AI bubble. Data centres depend upon AI companies, while much

by Editorial Team

20 July 2026

Featured·Highland·Infrastructure

SaxaVord Reaches Launch Point

SaxaVord has reached a pivotal launch point, prompting Unst to critically assess the potential gains, restrictions, and risks associated with the ambitious

by LM Bruce

17 July 2026

CoreWeave Data Centre image, January 2026

Featured·Infrastructure·North Lanarkshire·Scottish News

CoreWeave Wanted More Scottish Data Centres

Internal papers show the American AI company wanted to expand rapidly after its first Lanarkshire facility. The same documents warn that accommodating

by James Stewart

15 July 2026

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Argyll and Bute·Featured·Highland·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish News·Transport

Highlands International Journeys to Lose Tax Exemption

Domestic connections serving the Highlands and Islands will receive wider protection when Air Departure Tax begins in April 2027, but direct and

by Andrew Robertson

15 July 2026

Featured·Policy and Government·Scottish News

Amendment Would Criminalise Gaelic Language

A proposal submitted at Westminster would allow election publications only in English or Welsh. Gaelic is neither named nor protected. If adopted,

by LM Bruce

14 July 2026

City of Edinburgh·Community·Scottish News

Liberton Fire Station Rebuild Begins in £10 Million Project

The 50-year-old station has closed and crews have moved to a temporary base while a replacement is built over the next 15

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Highland·Scottish News

The Quiet Charities Buying and Saving Scotland’s Written History

Two newly published annual reports reveal how private charitable funds are helping Scottish libraries, archives and museums buy historic documents before they

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure·Orkney Islands·Scottish News

Drilling Milestone Brings Orkney’s First Transmission Link Closer to Shore

Horizontal drilling beneath the Caithness coast has been completed at Dounreay, preparing the mainland landing point for a 53-kilometre subsea electricity cable

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026