Anger is mounting in Scotland as energy prices soar for consumers while energy producers announce record profits. Many Scots look enviously at Nordic countries such as Finland where bills are much lower thanks to plentiful, cheap renewable energy.  Last week’s announcement that all households across the UK will get £400 help with bills over six […] Source

AN investment of more £30 million is set to significantly increase production at a historic Scottish whisky distillery. Source

Bella is taking a short break. A digital detox, a vat of midge-repellent, an improving novel, that kind of thing. See you all soon.   Source

ENERGY companies and governments pursuing oil and gas have faced fresh criticism as new research confirms this month’s heatwave was made ten times more likely by climate breakdown. Source

THE owner of a cafe where JK Rowling wrote parts of the Harry Potter books, that was damaged in a fire last year, has said the ongoing closure is having a “direct impact” on tourism. Source

THE number of empty shops in Scotland has decreased in a “slender” but welcome improvement, retail experts have said. Source

THE UK Government has been blasted for an “incomprehensible” lack of clarity over the timeline of a major carbon capture project. Source

TORY leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have both been sent a letter calling on them to invest in Aberdeen. Source

The British royal family are beyond the law. They operate in a secret world within a world and pay no heed to the societal obligations and responsibilities that regulate their subjects. In truth their exact wealth is unknown but, as the wheels come off the British state, also being revealed are the legal and financial […] Source

CLIMATE activists from across Scotland have set up camp in Aberdeen, often described as “the oil capital of Europe.” Source

A SUBSTATION at the centre of a £1.6 billion project to create an underwater “super highway” to bring offshore energy into the UK network has been hit with a delay … Source

Here we are on day 41 of my Duolingo German streak and I’m still confused about the gender of a laptop and am embarrassed to say that it’s taken me 45 years to work out that George Lucas must have been studying German when he constructed Yoda’s back to front way of speaking: “The greatest […] Source

DUNDEE has been chosen as the preferred site for a new factory producing batteries for the renewable energy and electric vehicle markets. Source

In the aftermath of the experience of last week’s ‘extreme weather’, something has ‘broken though’ in the parlance of media chatter. Several friends have asked “What should I do? “I want to do something”. “I want to join something.” Do nothing I tell them. Just stop it. Many of us have been saying this for […] Source