Starlink’s Treatment of Scotland: Good Enough to Pay, Not Important Enough to Locate
More than 15,000 Scottish customers have signed up to Starlink satellite broadband, including thousands in communities where conventional internet infrastructure is inadequate. Yet Starlink’s published IP geolocation records identify its UK address ranges with London, with no corresponding entry for
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Scotland’s NHS West Would Inherit 74% of the Poorest Neighbourhoods as Data Centres and Power Grid Expansion Raise New Health Questions
Scotland’s proposed division of the NHS into East and West would place nearly three-quarters of the country’s most deprived neighbourhoods inside the western region. At the same time, that region contains a majority of the hyperscale data-centre locations identified in a national campaign inventory, major electricity transmission projects, and communities
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Scotland’s NHS Overhaul: Secret Planning, Sweeping Changes and No Published Price Tag
John Swinney’s government plans to replace Scotland’s 14 territorial NHS boards with two strategic authorities, but has yet to publish the cost of the restructuring or the savings it expects to achieve. Previously withheld government briefings reveal that east–west NHS planning arrangements were being developed in 2025, including advice on
Police Assess Election Spending Records of Nine Reform UK Candidates as Party Admits Errors
Police Scotland is assessing possible breaches of election spending rules involving nine Reform UK candidates who stood in May’s Scottish
From Wireless to Wi-Fi: Scotland’s Century of BBC Licence Fees as Westminster Considers Charging More Streaming Households
A parliamentary committee wants the television licence extended beyond traditional broadcasting as the £180 annual charge enters its second century.
Police Scotland Reconsiders Facial Recognition Six Years After Holyrood Committee Found It Unfit for Use
Newly published government minutes confirm that Scotland’s Chief Constable is actively considering live facial recognition, including its possible use against
Scotland’s Medicine Supply Chain: What NHS Procurement Records Reveal About Overseas Dependence, Fuel Shortages and War
NHS Scotland recorded 83 hospital-medicine procurement supply failures, stock-outs and supplier withdrawals during 2025–26. Its national procurement organisation also disclosed
EU Regulators Examine Oracle Licensing as Scotland Builds More of Government Around the US Technology Giant
The European Commission is gathering information about Oracle’s software-licensing practices as European competition regulators consider whether there is evidence warranting
Scottish Government Moves From Hybrid Target to Mandatory Attendance with Staff Reporting Oracle Check-Ins
Scottish Government civil servants are being moved from a hybrid-working system in which office attendance was explicitly described as a
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Scotland is putting more public money into community-owned wind, solar and hydro, with £15 million now available annually through the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme. But for many grid-connected projects, generating electricity
Scotland’s Great Government Redesign Has a Blind Spot: The Microsoft Bill
The primary purpose of enterprise software like Microsoft 365, Teams, and Power Automate is to streamline administration, break down data silos, and make large organisations more efficient and organised. Yet, the procurement
Transport Scotland Has Promised to Reverse Biodiversity Loss While Building Some of Scotland’s Largest Road Schemes
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South of Scotland Has a £31.8 Billion Investment Pipeline, Much of it Still Conditional
The Scottish Government and South of Scotland Enterprise have unveiled a £31.8 billion pipeline of 202 potential investments across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. The headline figure is large enough
Scotland’s Climate Plan Did Not Account for the Fossil-Fuel Emissions of Its New Data-Centre Boom
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Scotland Is Spending Hundreds of Millions on Culture While its Endangered Crafts Are Fighting Over £43,000
Scotland is increasing public spending on culture, with hundreds of millions of pounds allocated to national collections, Creative Scotland, performing companies, buildings and major cultural institutions. Yet the national fund covering traditional
Two Killed in Plane Crash Near Loch Lomond as Air Accident Investigators Begin Inquiry
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Walk Highlands
Founded by Helen and Paul Webster in 2006, the Walk Highlands website features more than 2,200 awe-inspiring, spectacular walking routes all over Scotland. In this easy-to-navigate directory, journeys can be planned by location with routes available in the Highlands, Islands,
Buchanan Bespoke Shoemaking
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