A NEW range of energy drinks is set to be launched in Scotland later this month by the makers of IRN-BRU. Source

They had focused on serving homemade food for takeaway and delivery, and now are urging punters to try their dishes before it is too late. Source

The nightmare that was Donald Trump’s presidency is far from over. The roots that led to the extraordinary phenomenon, the dark synergy of inter-generational poverty, liberal failure and wild conspiracism have not begun to be addressed never mind resolved and so he goes on (and on). Now he stands indicted. For the first time in […] Source

SOMETIMES I wonder what it’s going to take to make the UK Government take climate change seriously. Source

The overwhelming sense of corporate capture that pervades Edinburgh in August is not new. But the sleepy cultural event has been punctured (however briefly) by the departure of Greta Thunberg from the Book Festival after revelations from The Ferret magazine. Greta Thunberg has pulled out of her Edinburgh International Book Festival event because of sponsorship […] Source

Whisky and drinks production in general is a vital industry for the Scottish economy. Distilling provides thousands of jobs and contributes millions to Scotland, and the wider UK’s, exports. Recently, Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK is changing how it classifies duty payments on alcoholic beverages, which will have a significant impact on the […] Source

LORD PISHY-PANTS AND THE RAINY DITCH: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn George Foulkes, or rather Baron Foulkes of Cumnock to give him his Sunday title, or his new moniker of Lord Pishy-Pants after some unflattering pictures of the Baron circulated on social media, was a Labour MP for South Ayrshire from […] Source

THE Tories’ claims that their changes to alcohol duty – which will see whisky typically taxed at 75 per cent on the bottle – represent a “Brexit Pub Guarantee” have been branded naive and fanciful by a leading industry body … Source

THE NHS, the lack of progress dualling the A96 and the cost of living crisis have all featured largely on Moray MP Douglas Ross's annual surgery tour. …

THE Tories’ oil and gas policy is reminiscent of Donald Trump’s “drill baby drill” slogan, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said … Source

LOCALS and visitors turned out in their numbers for a day of traditional activities on Saturday. …

OIL giant BP has been accused of “climate-wrecking profiteering” after revealing gains of £2 billion over the latest quarter. Source

FUNDING for a new carbon capture project in the north east will create 21,000 jobs. …

COFFEE chain Costa has defended a mural of a trans man with what appears to be double mastectomy scars amid calls for a boycott. Source