FACT CHECK: “Scotland, Wales and Ireland get an extra £560m from Jeremy Hunt’s Budget but SNP complain it is not enough” … Source

Paul Mellon (32), who formerly lived on Shearer Avenue in Buckie, dealt drugs to pay off illicit substances debts. …

Lorraine Banks travelled to Holyrood to take part in a climate change People’s Panel. …

The A96 is closed at Huntly at the Tesco junction due to a crash involving a car and motorbike which was reported around 11.35am. …

As Misneachd writes: “There will not be a second chance to preserve Gaelic as a spoken vernacular language in Scotland.” This is an Open Letter to Jenny Gilruth and Shona Robison which you are invited to draw on and submit your own letter to the ministers in opposition to the cuts to community development workers […] Source

AN office block in a city centre has been sold with plans to turn it into a new hotel. Source

Comments have been switched off for individuals who have a parasitic relationship to this site. I have lots of patience but this is not infinite. I rarely ban people, I don’t want to, I want this site to be full of people I disagree with and a broad and deep variety of views. I hope […] Source

George Galloway’s election in the Rochdale byelection has caused shockwaves and no amount of hysteria, on all political sides. Much of the left seems confused by the veteran charismatic figures ability to damage Keir Starmer’s Labour party by brutally exposing his complicity in Israeli atrocities in Palestine, while the right is now talking about ‘mob […] Source

ASDA has announced that it has become the first major supermarket to stock award-winning Indian cuisine supplier Praveen Kumar. Source

A MANUFACTURING giant is to open new offices in Glasgow in a move which is expected to create more than 100 jobs. Source

A SCOTTISH pub which was severely damaged by flooding during Storm Babet has been put on the market. Source

The trade body for the Scottish whisky industry is providing £300,000 over the next three years to tackle underage drinking in Scotland. Source

THE manager of Aberlour Medical Practice has handed over the reins to the local health and care partnership, blaming difficulties recruiting GPs. …