SOCIAL care and support providers in Scotland are finding it hard to recruit and keep staff with many workers choosing to leave the sector, a report has suggested. Source

Monai Smith, of Bishopmill Primary School, also donated her hair to make wigs. …

A SCOTTISH Tory MP who criticised windfall taxes on oil and gas firms did not declare that his wife has more than £50,000 worth of shares in BP, it has been revealed. Source

The Court of Session has rejected a petition for judicial review of a Bill designed to ensure tenants are not locked into unfair deals in brewery-owned pubs. Source

SUPPLIES of Irn-Bru are set to “fizzle out” this summer after workers voted for strike action in a dispute over pay, a union has warned. Source

MONDAY saw the world’s hottest day on record. It underlined how high the stakes are … Source

CLAIM: “Orkney councillors back plan to explore alternative forms of governance” – Guardian headline July 4 2023. Source

CLAIM: “Orkney councillors back plan to explore alternative forms of governance” – Guardian headline July 4 2023. Source

AN independent watchdog has praised the Scottish Government for the implementation of its flagship free childcare expansion policy. …

In the news 50 years ago this week. …

The news 50 years ago this week. …

Billy Connolly’s song Sergeant, Where’s Mine? applies to Scotland and renewable energy. Scotland is energy rich, yet more than half of Scots are fuel poor. Source

Co-op Funeralcare has announced plans to offer a new form of burial as a sustainable alternative to traditional burials or cremation. Source

THE deposit return scheme (DRS) court battle has shown how “unsoundly based and lost in its own ridiculous complexity,” Alex Salmond has said… Source