This is an extraordinary account of police intimidation of journalists commenting on the situation in Palestine under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act. Jonathan Cook writes: “This is an utterly shocking account from journalist Sarah Wilkinson of her recent violent arrest by 16 counter-terrorism police, several masked, at 7.30am. They smashed up, or stole, many […] Source

AN “iconic” parish church and surrounding estate in North Lanarkshire has been put up for sale… Source

THREE new offshore wind farms have been commissioned in Scotland in a key auction, after no projects were awarded contracts last year … Source

THE Scottish Government has given consent to a major renewable energy storage facility … Source

DOZENS of jobs are at risk as a Scottish firm faces closure by the end of the year. Source

A RESTAURANT and bar in a “sought-after” location in a Scottish city has been put up for sale… Source

This is a talk by Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth System Analysis at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research & professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University, on dramatic changes in Atlantic ocean currents. It’s already had over 1m views. Here my half-hour presentation in Vilnius a week ago! pic.twitter.com/TGApNtmuWK One of […] Source

“A person is courageous so long as he has no need for courage, but he collapses when the issue becomes real, and he is forced to understand courage as an act of ‘surrender’, a detachment from human involvement, and his content himself with being a spectator rather than a participant in life.” – Ghassan Kanafani […] Source