“From north to south a hidden poverty epidemic is spreading across the country. It is fast becoming a national emergency – this is the pandemic that no Minister ever mentions” – Gordon Brown, leader of the Better Together campaign and former Prime Minister in the Daily Record. The hysteria which followed the trailing of Humza […] Source

On Christmas eve as bombs dropped on Palestine, Turkey began a fresh assault on Rojava, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, destroying critical infrastructure, like power plants and grain storage, and killing civilians. Like Palestine, the ongoing struggle in Rojava is a decades (if not centuries) long fight for collective liberation and self-determination. […] Source

BIKE owners are urged to register their cycles on a national database to help ensure they can be reunited with them if they are lost or stolen. …

2023 is on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record, while carbon dioxide concentrations are at their highest for at least 2 million years. …

SHOPLIFTER remanded in custody. …

We are laying out some plans for the year ahead that signify some changes in direction and focus. Here are six of the themes we’ll be exploring and commissioning on in 2024: Self-Determination and the End of Britain As the routes to independence seem blocked, locked and botched, we will continue to explore alternative ways […] Source

AN award-winning bakery and deli at one of Scotland’s most famous tourist spots has been put up for sale … Source

It’s an annual tradition to throw your hands up in the air when the New Years Honours List is announced. But this years list is particularly appalling. As political commentator Gerry Hassan writes: “The UK political system is broken and rotten. The debasement of the honours systems is beyond repair and used shamelessly by the […] Source

A SCOTTISH business has been nominated for the prestigious £1 million Earthshot Prize. Source

We used to talk of a ‘media class’ and a ‘political class’ but the distinction is becoming more and more fuzzy as politicians interview each other on platforms like GB News and pundits and columnists with inside tracks rise to prominence on the back of huge salaries. Increasingly ex-journos and columnists have re-invented themselves in […] Source

THE owners of an award-winning Scottish cafe have said it is “not without tears” that they are closing their doors for the final time … Source

A SCOTTISH cheesemaker who made headlines around the world with their “stinkiest” offering has said the international attention was actually a marketing “disaster” … Source

THE Scottish Budget will allow businesses to claim they would be better treated under the Tories and must be amended, Alex Salmond has said… Source