After the Swiss game I was hassled for saying the euphoria was misplaced, that we hadn’t played THAT well and that the defence was still terrifying. Well, I was right. Steve Clarke has been carried forward by a back-catalogue of success that has masked a tired, uber-cautious and stilted approach that can be read and […] Source

Watching the election coverage is like watching a Mirror World where whole chunks of reality are missing. Some entire political subjects are ruled out in advance – others are mislaid or ignored as being ‘off the map’ of acceptable discussion. You are left with banality and a discourse of subjects often nothing to do with […] Source

Store’s safe left sat on vehicle’s prongs as gang fled. …

A trip to Birmingham has landed a young Buckie lad an impressive medal haul. …

A VICTORIAN hotel located in a famous Highlands town where Macbeth, King of Scots died in battle, has gone up for sale … Source

Plans to build a biogas energy generation plant on the outskirts of Buckie took centre stage at a drop-in consultation session in the town. …

A FORMER director of a haulage firm has been jailed after a “brazen” fraud involving billing a client for police escorts, some of which never happened … Source

EDINBURGH has been revealed as the top UK target for Middle East property investors, according to industry experts … Source

A COALITION of organisations and individuals have united to call for the Scottish Government’s Land Reform Bill to be strengthened … Source

The Scotsman reports: “The nation’s crisis-hit cultural sector is facing major upheaval after the Scottish Government declared that it wanted to roll out cost-cutting reforms across the country’s major arts organisations.” “Work is underway on a spending squeeze expected to affect Scotland’s national museums, galleries and performing arts companies, as well as the national agencies […] Source

SCOTTISH salmon sales have reached a five year high as international demand continues to grow, according to recent data … Source

How not to do radicalism: The hold of Capital-ism on Labour’s Left from Benn to Corbyn The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies, Andy Beckett, Allen Lane £30. Review by Gerry Hassan This book covers the rise and fall, and rise again and subsequent fall, of the Labour […] Source