Reporter, writer, and radio producer Jen Stout spent the early part of the summer in Ukraine. Here she reports on attitudes to the invasion and the terror being waged against civilians. The celebrations to mark 31 years of an independent Ukrainian state couldn’t take place last week. A curfew was imposed because the risk of […] Source

SANDRA Bell, who manages the Cullen Bay Holiday Park, convinced the owners of the site to waive the fees. …

ORGANISATIONS and volunteers will offer free access to sites and events in Moray for the festival later in September. …

This week Kenny Farquharson had a scoop of an interview with Stephen Noon, the former mastermind of the Yes campaign in 2014 (‘Yes Scotland mastermind Stephen Noon calls for Nicola Sturgeon to compromise’) reflecting on his views and in which he urged Nicola Sturgeon to “compromise on independence and work towards a more powerful Scotland […] Source

‘THE initial feeling was that what we had found was great, but we assumed it was in print because there was so much interest.” That was how Leon Kuebler reacted to finding one of the most detailed snapshots of what life was like for the Scottish whisky distilling industry in the 1920s. Source

MORE than a million bottles of Scotch whisky will be shipped to China after a giant ship arrived in Scotland as part of the first direct container service between the two countries. Source

THE City of London is home to many useful and responsible financial institutions. But this respectable facade also conceals a host of less savoury financial enterprises which exist and prosper in a malign and symbiotic relationship with Westminster – neither could survive without Source

  Why is Scottish Water still – largely – in public ownership while water companies in the rest of the UK are privatised? The answer is solidarity. The degree of opposition to privatisation was so widespread and so strong right across Scottish society that the UK Conservative government didn’t dare to…

  Let’s take a minute to salute the real heroes of the independence movement: The local activists, leaflet deliverers, stall staffers, marchers, flag wavers, banner holders, micro donors, cake bakers, meeting organisers, ambassadors and persuaders.  Whilst others complain, you campaign; whilst others shout at the social media Yes bubble, you talk…

AN investigation into the state of the pier is set to be concluded. …

DO YOU fancy playing walking football? …

Discovery at the Cabrach 100-years ago this week. …

The news from The Sun (Don’t buy The Sun) that Dame Arlene Foster and Lady Colonel Ruth Davidson ‘are set to go on tour – to stop the nation breaking up’ has set Bella alight with joy and a certain kind of glee. The framing of this wonderous event is a thing of beauty. The […] Source