Assault took place in front of shocked passengers …

Statement on road’s future expected at Holyrood. …

The A96 was closed in both directions at Fochabers. …

SCOTTISH farmers have vowed “to make Labour listen” as hundreds joined a 10,000-strong march on Westminster to protest Keir Starmer’s tax raid on family farms. Source

The mood in Baku is not great. Many leaders of major economies failed to turn up. The US, under Trump, is about to withdraw completely from international climate cooperation. It would be wrong to blame Trump for not meeting our climate targets, we were already far off (The World’s Best Hope to Beat Climate Change […] Source

THOUSANDS of farmers and their supporters have descended on Westminster to protest Labour’s inheritance tax raid on family farms. Source

ONE of Scotland’s oldest football clubs has entered administration after more than 150 years … Source

Nearly 90 per cent of all planning applications to convert properties into Airbnb-style accommodation in Edinburgh have been rejected since new rules were announced in 2022, according to a freedom of information (FOI) request. Source

THE UK’s biggest retailers have warned the Chancellor that jobs will be cut and prices will have to rise as they face a more-than-£7 billion hit from Budget tax increases… Source

Following the results of the 2024 US presidential election, Mehdi Hasan is joined by comedians Amanda Seales and Francesca Fiorentini for a post-post-mortem on Democrats’ historic defeat. They discuss the Harris campaign’s many mistakes, from cozying up to Republican neocons, to abandoning Bernie Sanders-style populism, to inexplicably hiding their only cool person, Tim Walz. Source

On the matter of representation in Holyrood and Westminster, there is a very silly argument being exploited for extraneous and irrelevant purposes (other political agendas), leading to self-defeating division in the SNP, about Stephen Flynn’s desire to stand for election in both Westminster and Holyrood. Stephen Flynn is quite right to stand for both Parliaments, […] Source

An appeal to help trace John Geddes from Lossiemouth was launched earlier today, November 12. …

Figures show 11 staff members assaulted each day. …