Trawling ban for Scots sea lochs urged to protect ‘vulnerable’ carbon stores
Scotland’s sea lochs play an important role in storing carbon which would otherwise be released into the environment
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Labour should 'lay out democratic route to independence referendum', says Scottish Labour MP
Brian Leishman said the party ‘must appeal to what was once a large chunk of our core vote that left us for the SNP ‘
Archive to be created to preserve Andrew Carnegie birthplace
The project will create a digital record of Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace
Daughter to perform archive songs of Gaelic 'girl with golden voice' Flora MacNeil
Flora MacNeil was spotted when performing in Edinburgh as a teenager
John Swinney to press ahead with SNP's controversial food price cap at supermarket giants
Government documents have warned the strategy could hike food prices when the policy ends while retailers could source cheaper goods from overseas.
More than half of Scots regret a clothes purchase says Oxfam as charity highlights 'human cost' of waste
Oxfam said that with a pair of jeans taking thousands of litres of water to produce, and Scotland’s consumption emissions having risen for the second year in a row, the findings highlight the need to end the “cycle” of new clothes purchases in favour of more sustainable alternatives.
Venue boss: Edinburgh Fringe dates 'urgently' need to be moved forward by a week next summer
William Burdett-Coutts said the late dates had affected shows
Edinburgh Fringe 'needs to reflect on what it wants to be' in 80th year as ticket sales rise by 8 per cent
As of 11.30am on Monday - the last day of the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - 2,805,395 tickets had been issued.
Only one in four Scots say enough is being done to tackle child poverty
Charity says public expects more action on key issue
Scottish ministers 'failing' to uphold human rights over poverty, watchdog warns
Poverty is the result of ‘policy choices’, commission says
John Swinney vows to bring ‘radical change’ as swingeing cuts loom to Scotland’s public services
The SNP leader has warned his government will be required to “embrace very actively” vast cuts to the public sector when he sets out his prospectus tomorrow.
Why was the drug driver who killed Scott allowed to stay on the roads before trial?
Edward Parsons caused the death of Scott Gillies just weeks after Mr Gillies’s brother Ian was gravely injured by a drunk driver
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