From tomorrow – and again in April – the UK Government will start imposing a battery of border controls on agricultural trade with the EU. Fierce protests from businesses have delayed these controls five times but they will go ahead this time in order for Rishi Sunak to appease the right wing of his party. […] Source

IT is anticipated that the levy will bring in almost £1m. …

A SCOTTISH brewery will discover if its bid to relocate both its operations and staff from Allangrange to Inverness is successful when Highland Council meets next week. Source

AN award-winning fake food sculptor whose products featured in the Barbie movie is on track for a six-figure turnover after accessing support from Scotland’s national business advice service. Source

The deadline for nominating your Heroes 2024 is fast approaching ‒ Sunday, February 4! So get your entries in now …

BONNIE Dunbar captured these stunning images of Lossiemouth while walking her dogs. …

Atomic City Blues: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn It’s not easy being green, as Joe Raposo had Kermit the Frog sing so philosophically on the TV in the 1970 Muppets. It is certainly not easy when you live in a small North Highland town dubbed “Atomic City” by the CB radio […] Source

SCOTTISH restaurant operator Buzzworks has announced plans to double the size of its business and open more restaurants. Source

SALES and profits in Scotland outstripped the UK average in the final quarter of last year, the latest figures have shown. Source

A German company hopes to launch rockets into space as often as once a month from the island at the northernmost tip of the UK… Source

“We are a people who were the victims of apartheid. We know what apartheid looks like… we will not be passive bystanders & watch the crimes that were visited on us being perpetrated on other people elsewhere.” – Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa The media silence on the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) […] Source

As a new, even more psychotic version of Trump heaves into view, sweating and muttering weird incantations, the same problematic responses as before appear as Liberal America hides from what it is in front of it. A snarling, incoherent, possibly syphilis-infested Donald Trump is surrounded by newly-found sycophants, hot-off their failed campaigns to oppose him […] Source

Claim: The “First Minister’s house repairs cost taxpayer £855,000”, as reported by STV News and illustrated with a picture of Humza Yousaf. Source

Claim: The “First Minister’s house repairs cost taxpayer £855,000”, as reported by STV News and illustrated with a picture of Humza Yousaf. Source