A SCOTTISH pub popular with visitors to the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park has been put up for sale… Source

THE SNP and Plaid Cymru are to submit a cross-party amendment calling for the reversal of the National Insurance tax hike for public services, charities, and small businesses. Source

A DUNDEE manufacturing firm has announced it faces closure with all jobs at risk just weeks before Christmas … Source

On Saturday Jim Sillars posted a tribute to Alex Salmond saying “Make Alex’s death a call to unity … Recognise that a divided movement cannot win.” I think it’s fair to say that’s unlikely. Despite Jim’s plea some people decided to use the event of a funeral service to shout “Traitor” at John Swinney and […] Source

It seems like there’s been a re-set to the 1970s. Scottish nationalism used to be a fringe phenomenon confined to the back-rooms of pubs and the electoral margins, glorying in ‘Scotland’s Oil’ and venerating romantic heroes. Now, the political landscape feels to have gone back to those days. Clusters of people join online to discuss […] Source

An RAF base is mourning the loss of a popular and dedicated member of its team. …

Artists from UHI Inverness and UHI Moray will have their work on display at a renowned Scotland-wide annual exhibition. …

THE rector of the University of Glasgow has warned the institution that it is “complicit in the crimes of this century” after management refused to divest from arms firms linked to Israel … Source

Los Angeles-based robotics firm Launchpad Build has opened open a new research and development hub in Edinburgh’s New Town, with the support of Scottish Enterprise. Source

Family, friends and care home residents gathered to celebrate a woman’s 100th birthday in November. …

SCOTTISH Water has launched an enormous £9 billion procurement programme … Source

Traffic flow across the Forth was disrupted for all of 20 minutes, because safety concerns about ice accumulating high on the suspension cables of the Queensferry Crossing … Source

UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn “The more I see, the less I know for sure.” So says the character Ulrich, from Robert Musil’s innovative novel “The Man Without Qualities” (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), a vast thousand page, three volume epic about the last days of the […] Source

A FORMER school in Perthshire described as a “unique investment prospect” has been put up for sale… Source