Scottish News

Environment

Autumn Rain Returns but Eastern Scotland’s Rivers Remain in Significant Water Scarcity

Four areas of eastern Scotland remain at the highest level of SEPA’s water-scarcity system despite the return of rain, with 136 abstraction

by John Campbell

17 September 2026

Environment

Scotland Moves 35 Beavers to New Homes as 22 Are Killed Under Licence

Scotland is deliberately expanding its beaver population into new Highland catchments while continuing to remove animals from farmland and other conflict sites.

by John Campbell

17 September 2026

Heritage and Arts

The Scottish Roots of the Sixth-Largest Trade Book Publisher in the United States

When former chief executive Michael Hyatt wrote The Thomas Neilson Way, the company whose name he led was described as the sixth-largest

by LM Bruce

17 September 2026

Featured·Transport

From LitterCam to Digital Warden: Inside the Company Behind Scotland’s New Roadside AI Cameras

The cameras newly watching traffic on two of Scotland’s busiest roads are being presented as a six-month experiment in counting rubbish thrown

by James Stewart

17 September 2026

Transport

Waiting for the School Sea Bus: Ulva’s Run to Mull

For children living on Ulva, the journey into Scotland’s education system begins with a boat. A new five-year council contract will keep

by Andrew Robertson

17 September 2026

Argyll and Bute·Featured·Infrastructure

Five Thousand Tonnes, One Ship: Islay’s £1.1m Road Plan Hits Dry Dock

Argyll and Bute Council devised a new way of getting thousands of tonnes of road material to Islay after repeated ferry disruption

by John Campbell

17 September 2026

Infrastructure

Scotland Has 219 Cladding Assessments Under Way: Only 16 Are Complete

Scotland has 219 government-funded cladding safety assessments under way, up by 70 in three months. Sixteen have been completed, a total unchanged

by Andrew Robertson

17 September 2026

Energy·Orkney Islands

North Ronaldsay Faces Winter on Diesel as Power Cable Replacement Slips to Spring 2027

North Ronaldsay will spend the coming winter dependent on temporary diesel generation after replacement of its failed electricity cable to Sanday was

by John Campbell

17 September 2026

Energy·Shetland Islands

Shetland Expected £700,000 From Viking Wind Farm. It Now Expects £550,000

Shetland Islands Council has cut its forecast rental income from the 103-turbine Viking wind farm by £150,000. The adjustment provides an early

by James Stewart

17 September 2026

Community·Highland

Highland Council Asked to Pause Health and Social Care Integration Review

Highland Council is being asked to pause an 18-month review of how health and social care are governed after its own appraisal

by Andrew Robertson

16 September 2026

Policy and Government

NHS Scotland Awards New £100,000 Contract for Pelvic Mesh Removal

A new NHS Scotland contract will continue specialist pelvic mesh removal treatment for women living with complications from procedures that were halted

by LM Bruce

16 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Westminster Set India Trade Terms as More Than Half of Scotland’s £3bn Trade Projection Flows From India to Scotland

The Scottish Government presented India as a £3 billion opportunity for Scottish businesses. Its own central model tells a more complicated story.

by Editorial Team

16 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland, Wales and Ireland’s Nationalist Movements Join Forces in Challenge to Westminster Rule

SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin sign Cardiff pact declaring ‘constitutional change is coming’ The leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and

by LM Bruce

14 September 2026

Aberdeen City·Community

Rainbow City Taxis Pledges £30,000 as Aberdeen Arts Centre Fundraising Passes £279,000

Rainbow City Taxis has committed £30,000 over three years to the campaign to secure the future of Aberdeen Arts Centre, taking the

by LM Bruce

10 September 2026

Environment

A Grangemouth Factory Is Trying to Make Omega-3 Without Catching Fish

SEPA is considering a permit for a new industrial process at Earls Road in Grangemouth that would produce omega-3-rich material from microalgae

by Editorial Team

10 September 2026

Environment·Featured

In 2017, Scotland Had 61 Salmon Stocks Rated Good. For 2027, Only 22 Are Left

Scotland’s latest assessment of wild Atlantic salmon shows a ten-year deterioration across much of the country. For the 2017 angling season, 61

by LM Bruce

10 September 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s Businesses Are Beginning to Worry More About Missing Customers Than Rising Costs

Falling demand has become the most commonly cited main concern among Scottish businesses for September 2026, narrowly ahead of energy prices. At

by Andrew Robertson

10 September 2026

Heritage and Arts

The Famous Mr. Buchinger

In April 1723, a German artist named Matthias Buchinger was working in Edinburgh. He made drawings on vellum so intricate that some

by LM Bruce

10 September 2026

Heritage and Arts

Scotland Preserved a Roman Monument for 1,500 Years. It Took One Landowner to Destroy It in 1743.

Until the middle of the eighteenth century, an extraordinary Roman stone building stood near Stenhousemuir beside the eastern end of the Antonine

by LM Bruce

10 September 2026

Featured·Transport

Scotland Is Studying a Railway From Tweedbank to Carlisle. The Victorian Route It Would Follow Has Been Partly Dismantled for 57 Years.

A new public survey opened in September as Scottish Borders Council and WSP began developing the case for extending the Borders Railway

by James Stewart

10 September 2026

Featured·Transport

Edinburgh Is Preparing to Spend Up to £2.9 Billion on Its Next Tram Expansion

Edinburgh councillors are being asked on 10 September to decide whether the city should advance the next stage of its tram expansion.

by Editorial Team

10 September 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Highland Councillors Were Asked on 9 September to Oppose a 173-Kilometre Power Line

Highland Council’s planning officers have recommended a formal objection to one of the largest electricity transmission projects proposed in northern Scotland: a

by James Stewart

10 September 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland Is Rebuilding the Giant Highland Dry Dock Created for the North Sea Oil Age

In 1975, workers began removing 1.8 million tonnes of Torridonian sandstone from a Highland mountainside to create a construction yard capable of

by Andrew Robertson

10 September 2026

Energy·Featured

Scotland Is Becoming a Giant Battery

At the end of March, Scotland had 22 operating battery-storage projects with a combined capacity of 843 megawatts. Behind them was something

by Editorial Team

9 September 2026

Energy·Featured

One of Scotland’s New Grid-Stability Machines Has Changed Hands

A little-known piece of electrical infrastructure in Moray changed hands this week. Foresight Group says it has acquired the Blackhillock Synchronous Condenser,

by Editorial Team

9 September 2026

Economy·Featured

When a Publicly Backed Scottish Technology Company Fails, Who Keeps the Invention?

PureLiFi was created from research at the University of Edinburgh, received Scottish public support over more than a decade and built an

by John Campbell

9 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Is About to Rewrite the Map of Its Public Bodies

The Scottish Government has begun a five-year programme to reduce a public sector landscape containing more than 130 national bodies. Transport Scotland

by James Stewart

9 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Plans 150,000 Apprenticeships. Parliament Has Reopened the Question of Where the Money Goes

The Scottish Government intends to fund at least 150,000 apprenticeships over the next five years. As it prepares for that expansion, an

by Andrew Robertson

9 September 2026

Heritage and Arts

Scotland’s Lost Kingdoms Left Their Art in Church Walls, Graveyards and Broken Stone

Before there was a kingdom recognisably called Scotland, the country south of the Forth and Clyde was divided between competing peoples, churches

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Heritage and Arts·Scottish History Ledger

Before GPS, Scotland’s Coast Was a Map Made From Castles, Churches, Chimneys and Hills

Before GPS, Scotland’s Coast Was a Map Made From Castles, Churches, Chimneys and Hills In the middle of the nineteenth century, sailors

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Transport

Glasgow’s M8 Is Being Physically Lifted Off Its Supports This Weekend

Engineers will close the eastbound M8 through central Glasgow for extended periods between Friday night and Monday morning while they jack part

by Editorial Team

3 September 2026

Infrastructure

The Invisible Infrastructure Running Scotland’s Water Is Being Rebuilt for £230 Million

Scottish Water’s new technology contracts began on 1 September. Behind Scotland’s reservoirs, treatment works and 64,000 miles of pipes sits another national

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Transport

Scotland Is Rebuilding the Gourock–Dunoon Ferry Link But Has Not Decided How Many Ferries to Build

A programme intended to replace ageing passenger ferries and rebuild three Clyde harbours has reached an unusual stage. The original strategic case

by Andrew Robertson

3 September 2026

Infrastructure

Glasgow Is About to Manufacture 100 Million Lasers a Year for the AI Economy

A semiconductor manufacturing plant in Lanarkshire is being expanded to produce more than 100 million lasers a year. The components are measured

by James Stewart

3 September 2026

Infrastructure

Scotland’s Railway Was Built for Another Climate. £400 Million Is Now Being Spent to Keep It Running

Scotland is two years into a £400 million programme to protect its railway from heavier rainfall, landslips, flooding, coastal weather and higher

by Andrew Robertson

3 September 2026

Energy

Wind Turbines Are Getting Too Big for the Roads. Scotland Is About to Try a Different Design.

A wind farm near Lairg will become the first project in Britain to use GE Vernova’s Cypress turbine. Its blades can be

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Environment

Scotland’s Peatlands Are Becoming Financial Assets

New restoration contracts appeared this week for peatland on North Uist and in the Highlands. Behind the engineering work is an emerging

by Editorial Team

3 September 2026

Environment

For Generations Scotland Has Burned Its Moors. From 15 September, It Will Need Permission.

One of Scotland’s oldest forms of land management is about to enter a new legal system. From 15 September, every act of

by John Campbell

3 September 2026

Economy

Another Scottish Energy Company Is Being Sold Overseas

Capricorn Energy has spent more than four decades building businesses from Edinburgh, from the North Sea to India, Senegal and Egypt. A

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Energy

Scotland’s £96 Billion Offshore Wind Pipeline Now Faces a Decision Made Beyond Scotland

The National Energy System Operator has submitted six possible pathways for Great Britain’s energy system to government. Scotland has already leased seabed

by James Stewart

3 September 2026

Community·Featured

Scotland Has a Migration Map Now. It Shows a Country Moving in Different Directions

New population and migration material published this week makes it possible to examine Scotland below the national total. The figures describe a

by Andrew Robertson

3 September 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland Is Preparing to Change Council Tax After 35 Years of 1991 Property Values

The Scottish Government has confirmed that a Council Tax Bill will be introduced during the first year of the new Parliament. Two

by James Stewart

3 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Is Preparing to Put Legal Price Ceilings on Food, Potentially Selecting Imported Food Over Scottish Food

The Scottish Government has now published the first detailed framework for statutory controls on the price of essential food. What began as

by LM Bruce

3 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Is Building A Major Projects Office. What Will Change?

The Scottish Government has announced a new Major Projects Office to accelerate nationally significant investment in housing, energy and other strategic sectors. 

by Andrew Robertson

3 September 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Scottish Government Opens Consultation On National Performing Company For Traditional Music

The Scottish Government has begun consultation work on a new National Performing Company for traditional music. The proposed body would become Scotland’s

by LM Bruce

27 August 2026

Environment

Third Just Transition Commission Established With Adaptation Remit Until 2031

The Scottish Government has established a third Just Transition Commission, running until 2031. The new Commission will focus on adaptation as well

by Editorial Team

27 August 2026

Heritage and Arts

People’s Palace Refurbishment Moves Forward With Conditional Scottish Government Support

The Scottish Government has announced up to £14 million in conditional support for the refurbishment of the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens

by LM Bruce

27 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Scottish Household Survey Records Tourism Support And Lower Local Involvement In Decisions

The Scottish Household Survey’s 2025 tourism sentiment results show that 48 per cent of adults agreed tourism was good for their local

by James Stewart

27 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Energy Prices Remain A Leading Concern For Scottish Businesses

The latest Business Insights and Conditions Survey for Scotland records falling demand and energy prices as the top concerns for September 2026

by Andrew Robertson

27 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s Onshore Economy Grew By 0.7 Per Cent In The Second Quarter Of 2026

Scotland’s onshore GDP grew by 0.7 per cent in real terms between April and June 2026, after growth of 0.1 per cent

by LM Bruce

27 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Moves Toward Compulsory Purchase Reform After 2025 Consultation

The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will bring forward legislation in this Parliament to reform compulsory purchase in Scotland. The proposed

by John Campbell

27 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland’s GP Walk-In Pilot Expands To Forty Planned Or Operational Services

The Scottish Government has announced 24 further areas for GP-led walk-in services, bringing the number of centres planned or operational to 40.

by James Stewart

27 August 2026

Environment·Featured

Scotland’s Drinking Water Quality Fell Slightly In 2025 As Complaints Rose

Regulatory testing found that 99.88 per cent of samples taken from consumers’ taps met required standards in 2025. The Drinking Water Quality

by Andrew Robertson

27 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

60% of Scotland’s News Publications Controlled Outside Scotland and Only 8.5% of Scottish-Owned Titles in Google News

Modern Scot’s ownership census has identified 190 Scottish newspapers, magazines and digital news publications. Of the 179 for which ownership can presently

by Editorial Team

21 August 2026

Heritage and Arts·Scottish History Ledger

Shortbread, Superstition And The Law: How Scots Married Before The Modern Wedding

Long before Scottish weddings became affairs of hotel packages, photographers and carefully arranged seating plans, marriage could involve banns from the kirk,

by John Campbell

21 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland’s Prisons Hold More Than 8,600 People as Ministers Consider Sentencing and Release Reform

Scotland’s prison system has entered a new policy stage after consultation closed on proposals that could change the use of short custodial

by Andrew Robertson

21 August 2026

Featured·Highland·Transport

Aviemore To Carrbridge Route Moves Closer To Planning Decision After Years Of Delay

A long-promised walking, wheeling and cycling route between Aviemore and Carrbridge is moving closer to a formal planning decision after years of

by John Campbell

21 August 2026

Aberdeen City·Economy·Featured

More Than A Third Of Great British Energy Staff Live Outside Scotland Despite Aberdeen Headquarters

More than a third of the people currently working for Great British Energy live outside Scotland, despite Aberdeen being designated as the

by James Stewart

21 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

New 50MW Data Centre Rule Gives Ministers Sight of Scotland’s Biggest Projects, but Not the Whole Pipeline

Scotland’s largest proposed data centres will now have to be brought quickly to the attention of ministers, after the Scottish Government introduced

by Andrew Robertson

21 August 2026

Dumfries and Galloway·Featured·Policy and Government

New Livestock Movement Laws Tighten As BSE And Bluetongue Hit Dumfries And Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is confronting two separate livestock disease problems at once, with a new case of classical BSE confirmed in cattle

by Editorial Team

21 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Declined £20,675 to Restore Five Drug-Wastewater Monitoring Sites

Internal records show the Scottish Government was offered the chance to return five sites to a UK drug-monitoring programme after Home Office

by Editorial Team

20 August 2026

Environment·Featured

SEPA Plans to Stop Sending Draft Pollution Permit Decisions to People Who Object

Scotland’s environmental regulator is proposing to stop routinely sending draft permit decisions to people who have already objected to or commented on

by Editorial Team

19 August 2026

Community·Featured·North Lanarkshire

DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI plan gets public backing as Flynn repeats disputed 3,400 jobs claim

A £300 million expansion of DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI data centres is receiving substantial public financial backing while the Scottish Economy Secretary

by Editorial Team

18 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

ScotAccount Brings Digital Identity Into Scotland’s Property Ownership System

Scotland does not currently require a government Digital ID to buy or sell a home, but Scotland is promoting its government Digital

by James Stewart

18 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Ferguson Marine faces 70 Job Losses While Four Vessel Contracts Remain Unsigned

Up to 70 workers could leave Ferguson Marine as the Port Glasgow shipyard runs into a gap between the completion of MV

by Andrew Robertson

18 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure·Scottish Borders

More Than 1,000 Customers Connected to GoFibre Network Around Eyemouth

A broadband company founded in the Scottish Borders has passed 1,000 customer connections around Eyemouth, less than nine years after the business

by LM Bruce

18 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

China Is Making the Renminbi Easier to Use in Europe — What It Could Mean for Scotland

Deutsche Bank has become the first non-Chinese bank in Europe authorised to clear China’s renminbi directly. It sounds like a Frankfurt banking

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland, Rebuilt: What 81 Years of Progress Did, and Did Not, Solve

The Scotland that emerged from the Second World War faced a housing shortage measured in hundreds of thousands, decades of outward migration,

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Britain Will Keep Brazilian Meat Market Open as EU Restrictions Begin

Scottish farming and meat organisations are pressing the UK Government to tighten controls on Brazilian beef and poultry before new European Union

by John Campbell

17 August 2026

Environment·Featured

NatureScot Challenges Wind-Farm Bird Model as Scotland’s Own Records Show 71 Raptor Deaths

A study part-funded by NatureScot models substantial long-term effects from wind-turbine collisions on hen harriers and golden eagles in the Flow Country.

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Bluetongue Reaches Four Scottish Premises as Vaccine Evidence Sharpens the Questions Ahead

Five animals on four premises in Dumfries and Galloway have now been affected by BTV-3. As investigators establish whether Scotland is dealing

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Energy·Featured

Two Scottish Hydro Schemes Fall Below Ofgem Financial Test as Regulator Weighs Consumer Risk

Glenmuckloch and Loch na Cathrach remain outside Ofgem’s proposed long-duration electricity storage portfolio after the regulator assessed both below a financial threshold

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Mackintosh’s Hill House Moves Towards New ‘Breathable’ Exterior After 120 Years of Damp

The National Trust for Scotland is commissioning a detailed survey of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House as it prepares to replace the

by LM Bruce

17 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

NHS Scotland Seeks Provider for £9m Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Service

NHS Scotland is seeking a provider for a national online cognitive behavioural therapy service under a contract worth up to £9m. The

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Nearly One in Four Larger Manufacturers in Scotland Reports Impact From US Tariffs

New Scottish Government estimates show US tariff effects remain concentrated among manufacturers and goods exporters, while the American tariff regime itself changed

by John Campbell

17 August 2026

Transport

ScotRail’s £83.8m Retail Contract Comes Into View After Troubled App Launch

The scale of the deal behind ScotRail’s new ticketing system is now public: £83.763 million for technology spanning the website, app, ticket

by Andrew Robertson

17 August 2026

Glasgow City·Infrastructure

Nearly £1bn of Glasgow Building Work Passes Through Service Missing National Response Targets

Glasgow’s building standards service handled warrant applications representing £983 million of construction during 2025–26, but remained below national targets for two of

by James Stewart

17 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish History Ledger

The Men Who Came to Take Lewis

In 1598, James VI granted a group of Lowland landowners sweeping rights over Lewis. They came with soldiers, craftsmen and plans for

by LM Bruce

13 August 2026

Policy and Government

New Safety Guidance Issued for Nearly 500,000 Traditional Scottish Buildings

The first major guidance of its kind in almost two decades follows lessons from the fatal Cameron House Hotel fire. New guidance

by James Stewart

13 August 2026

Energy

Community Renewable Energy Fund Increased to £15m a Year

Scottish community groups are being offered more financial support to own renewable energy projects and reduce the running costs of local buildings.

by John Campbell

13 August 2026

Na h-Eileanan Siar·Policy and Government

£1.5m announced to support Gaelic in designated communities

The funding was announced as the second phase of the Cnoc Soilleir Gaelic cultural and education centre opened in South Uist. Scottish

by Andrew Robertson

13 August 2026

Community·Highland

More than 8,800 households waiting for social housing in Highland

Demand continues to outstrip the availability of homes across much of the Highlands, with Inverness accounting for a particularly large share of

by James Stewart

13 August 2026

Economy

Scotland revenues reach £98.3bn as fiscal deficit narrows

Government revenues attributed to Scotland rose by £6.3bn in 2025-26, while the gap between estimated public spending and revenue narrowed to £25.3bn.

by Andrew Robertson

13 August 2026

Economy·Featured

A Country Without Tellers: How Scotland Lost Its Banks

In little more than a decade, Scotland has watched a familiar piece of civic life disappear from hundreds of communities. The story

by LM Bruce

13 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Some Scottish Sewer-Overflow Projects Move Into The 2030s As Regulators Question The Starting Line

Minutes published in July reveal that Scottish Water, SEPA and the Scottish Government do not share the same understanding of the baseline

by James Stewart

11 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Perth and Kinross·Scottish History Ledger

Bessie Bell And Mary Gray: The Evidence Behind Perthshire’s Plague Ballad

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2015 For centuries, Bessie Bell and Mary Gray have been remembered as two young Perthshire women who tried to

by LM Bruce

11 August 2026

Featured·Fife·Infrastructure·Scottish News

Dunfermline’s Northern Link Road Moves Towards Planning As £70m Road Programme Takes Shape

Fife Council is preparing to seek planning permission for the first council-led section of a new strategic road across the north of

by LM Bruce

11 August 2026

Featured·Transport

Scottish Bus Study Warns 2030 Electric Transition Could Push Rural Operators Out

Scottish Ministers have powers to restrict newly registered non-zero-emission buses from local services from a date no earlier than 2030. But research

by John Campbell

11 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s Power-Machinery Imports Jump 46% as Government Pushes Home-Grown Wind Manufacturing

Power-generating machinery accounted for around two-fifths of the increase in Scotland’s goods imports in the year to March 2026. The statistics do

by Andrew Robertson

10 August 2026

Environment·Featured

Scottish Government Said Wind-Farm Woodland Loss Was ‘Small’. FLS Says It Cannot Calculate It

Forestry and Land Scotland has disclosed the individual developments associated with more than 8,600 hectares of forestry felling on Scotland’s national estate,

by LM Bruce

10 August 2026

Energy·Featured

The £11 Million Rent Beneath Moray’s Wind and the 67 Turbines That Could Follow

Court papers exposed an index-linked £6 million minimum rent at Dorenell Wind Farm; subsequent reporting found the land payment had reached about

by John Campbell

10 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

Old Scottish Fisheries – A Scotland Once Described By Its Fish

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2016 Long before oil, whisky or tourism became shorthand for Scottish wealth, foreign visitors and Scotland’s own chroniclers repeatedly

by Editorial Team

9 August 2026

Environment

Scotland Delays Its Private-Jet Levy While Empty Private Jets Remain Beyond Reach

Ministers say private-jet users should pay a fair share because their emissions per passenger are disproportionately high. Yet Scotland’s additional levy will

by LM Bruce

6 August 2026

Featured·Transport

War Exposes Scotland’s Dependence On English Supply Routes

Scotland has avoided a sustained nationwide shortage of fuel, food or essential goods. Yet 21.1 million tonnes entered the country by road

by LM Bruce

6 August 2026

Economy·Featured

Scotland’s International Services Exports May Have Reached £19 Billion – But The Official Estimate Stops At 2023

A report commissioned by the Scottish Government estimates that Scotland’s international services exports may have reached £19.2 billion in 2025. The corresponding

by James Stewart

6 August 2026

Policy and Government

Scotland Looks To Displaced Care Workers To Add 45,000 Hours A Month

The Scottish Government says a recruitment scheme could add 45,000 hours of adult social-care work each month, but the figure describes potential

by Andrew Robertson

6 August 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Scotland’s Rivers In 1831: What A Remarkable Atlas Reveals About Two Centuries Of Change

A hand-coloured chart published nearly two centuries ago attempted to place Scotland’s great rivers side by side. The Tay still stands at

by LM Bruce

5 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland’s Elected Representatives, Counted: 1,407 Names Across Councils, Holyrood and Westminster

Modern Scot assembled the current official details of Scotland’s serving councillors, MSPs and MPs. The directory contains 1,407 elected representatives: 1,221 councillors,

by LM Bruce

5 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Twenty Of Scotland’s 24 Community Energy Meetings Came From One Consultation

Twenty of the 24 community energy meetings identified by the Scottish Government over a 12-month period came from a single offshore-wind consultation.

by Andrew Robertson

3 August 2026

Environment

Scotland Launches £15 Million Flood Fund After Years Of Delayed And Rising-Cost Schemes

The Scottish Government has launched a £15 million flood-resilience fund, but communities will not begin receiving money for local projects until 2027

by John Campbell

3 August 2026