The UK’s privatised national energy grid is “weak” and nowhere near where it should be to support the transition to green energy. For some privileged people like Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the lack of capacity can be overcome – he paid tens of thousands to upgrade the grid near his home to heat his personal […] Source

The scandal-hit hedge fund set up by Crispin Odey is being broken up as it confirmed talks to transfer some of its funds to rival firms amid an intensifying crisis following sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. Source

As Adam Bienkov from Byline Times has noted: “it turns out that everything that’s gone wrong in the last 13 years is the fault of a future government that doesn’t yet exist” … In reverse proportion to the hysteria about Starmer’s supposedly incoming government is the actual reality of Starmer’s incoming government which is characterised […] Source

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Column: supporting young people in the workplace. …

THE maternity unit at Dr Gray's was downgraded five years ago. …

LloydsPharmacy is set to close all branches inside Sainsbury stores from today, June 13, after the closure dates were brought forward. Source

The World’s first festival of folk cinema returns to Edinburgh from 12th – 29th June with screenings at Cameo, Scottish Storytelling Centre and North Edinburgh Arts plus online. Curated by Transgressive North, the Folk Film Gathering is the world’s first folk film festival, screening films that celebrate the lived experiences of communities worldwide since its […] Source

On June 22, 1969, an oil slick caught fire on the Cuyahoga River just southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. After Time magazine dedicated its front cover to the incident it became the poster child of the environmental movement. The visual impact of a river on fire blew peoples minds and was regarded as the catalyst […] Source

Lesley Riddoch, Thrive: the freedom to flourish, Luath Press, Paperback, £10.99. Reviewed by Niamh McNulty Nearly ten years on from the referendum, Riddoch has made the case for Scottish independence lively once again. Instead of that stale, decade old argument mired in dry and overwhelming policy debate, quibbling over the minutiae of the currency question […] Source

IT is astonishing that the 1960s still resonate so powerfully through popular culture. Source

OVER the past few years insects have been much touted as a protein-rich food source largely unburdened by many of the climate-related problems afflicting other areas of animal agriculture. Source