LABOUR have been urged to end the UK’s “damaging” tax policies on Scottish whisky – with an SNP MP saying Westminster has the industry “over a barrel” … Source

The past week has seen the end of a monumental era of Scottish politics: of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP and of ‘Sturgeonism’. This has generated a welter of instant commentary as expected but with much of it focusing only on the immediate, the party’s prospects for 2026 and what Sturgeon might do post-politics, rather than look […] Source

AN SNP Cabinet Secretary has stepped in after a Scottish drinks brand announced it would be closing down, putting some two dozen jobs at risk … Source

A WELL-KNOWN Scottish drinks brand is set to disappear from shelves – putting two dozen jobs at risk, owners have confirmed … Source

THE oil and gas industry is “peddling a fantasy”, campaigners have warned after bosses said the North Sea could produce about half of the oil and gas the UK will need in the run up to 2050 – but only if new projects can be developed Source

IN Lesley Riddoch’s article of March 20, a representative of Forestry and Land Scotland is quoted as saying: “We have consulted on the energy offerings for new renewables projects (delivering seven community hydro schemes). However, Cruach Mhor is an established wind farm subject to a lease renewal tender and we do not routinely carry out consultations on these.” Source

Showing the older generation how it’s done, enthusiastic school students were among donors who turned out to give blood recently. …

An Elgin mum has said it was a “miracle” her daughters survived a rare condition. …

A construction firm has posted a pre-tax loss in its latest accounts but its chief executive says profitability has since bounced back. …

Jamie Maxwell reports from Seoul. I arrived in Seoul on 15 January, the day the president was arrested. Armed police had to scale the walls of his compound and force their way past a cluster of private security guards. These events were broadcast live on TV. On 18 January, a judge extended Yoon Suk Yeol’s […] Source

Former cartoonist for Bella, Lorna Miller, has an exhibition of her work at the Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art from the 7-27 March 2025. You can view her back catalogue of cartoons and illustrations HERE. “In 2014 she became the first woman to have a position created for her in Private Eye: illustrating the Rotten Boroughs column. […] Source

ASSASSINATION: FORTY YEARS ON – From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn The dictionary definition of “assassination” is, “to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons”. So it was with the death of Willie McRae in 1985. Willie McRae, a former Vice-Chairman of the Scottish National […] Source

A COALITION of offshore wind developers in Scotland has urged the UK Government to rule out introducing zonal pricing … Source