38 h. ago Scotland’s north east ‘dangerously’ at risk of no just transition, says Martin

Scotland’s Energy Secretary Gillian Martin said she would be ‘damned’ if the deindustrialisation of the 1970-80s was repeated.

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4 d. ago Miliband on ‘messianic drive’ to pull plug on North Sea extraction, says Bowie

Shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie described UK oil and gas policies as “unhinged”.

Politics

4 d. ago Temperatures in parts of Britain set to struggle to get above freezing later this month

The arctic blast - if the forecast is correct - will hit Northern Ireland , Scotland, Wales as well as the North of England and parts of the Midlands overnight on October 22.

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5 d. ago ‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland

With her latest book, the author moves detective Jimmy Perez from Shetland to Orkney, where she was inspired by the deep history, huge skies and warm peopleFifty years ago, I headed north for the first time. I’d dropped out of my university literature course – with the arrogance of youth, I thought I could read books anywhere. After a chance meeting in a Putney pub, I got a job as assistant cook in the Bird Observatory in Fair Isle. At that point, I didn’t even know where Fair Isle was. I came from Devon and hadn’t made it farther north than Durham. Scotland was unknown territory.Of course, Fair Isle is part of the Shetland group and lies halfway between Shetland mainland and Orkney. That summer, I fell in love with the Northern Isles, with the romance of the isolation, the bleak beauty and the stories. Over the summer, I worked in the observatory with Alison, an Orcadian lass, who was there for her college holidays. “When you’ve finished your contract,” she said with the easy hospi...

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8 d. ago Storm Amy: Man dies and new weather alert as UK braces for more disruption

The north of Scotland will face a new amber warning for ‘damaging’ winds with gusts of more than 90mph in some areas.

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8 d. ago Storm Amy live updates: danger to life warning in UK and Ireland after one killed and hundreds of thousands of homes without power

Weather warnings are in place across the UK and Ireland on SaturdayHere are some of the latest images from across the Ireland and the UK:The north of Scotland will face a new amber warning for “damaging” winds with gusts of more than 90mph in some areas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Police urge Scots to be vigilant after Manchester synagogue terror attack

Scotland’s national force said it was engaging with faith leaders north of the border following the terror attack in England.

Events

1 week ago Rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain jailed for eight years

A judge described James Clacher’s attempt to evade justice as ‘cowardly’.

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1 week ago 'I visited Scottish seaside village and was blown away by outrageous food'

Ruth Aisling, who's on a mission to rediscover her home country, visited a seaside village in north-eastern Scotland, where she tried an "outrageously good" local dish

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2 w. ago North Lanarkshire charity secures £40,000 grant from Bank Of Scotland Foundation’s funding program

Founded in 2015 by Moira Ireland and her daughter Heather Stephens, Ponies Help Children (PHC) is a family-run charity based at Blairmains Farm near Harthill.

Economics

2 w. ago Warnings over collapsing fish stocks as experts advise ‘zero catch’ for cod

Conservationists call for action to follow scientific advice and end overfishing in the North Sea and west of Scotland.

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2 w. ago Almost 200 people living in Lanarkshire lose their lives due to alcohol new figures reveal

By council area, North Lanarkshire had the second highest number of deaths in Scotland with 101 people, while in South Lanarkshire 75 people lost their lives due to alcohol.

Politics

2 w. ago Motherwell man appointed regional commercial director of major housebuilder

Persimmon Homes has announced the promotion of Andrew Liddle with responsibility for commercial operations across Scotland and North West England.

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2 w. ago Avanti West Coast to operate on historic route as diversion plans announced

Passengers travelling from the North West to Scotland will be diverted on the Settle to Carlisle line during planned engineering works

Culture

3 w. ago Gangsters sending teen drug dealers to 'terrorise' Highlands as overdose deaths rise

Gangsters from across the UK are being stationed in ­Inverness as part of organised crime’s growing footprint in the north of ­Scotland.

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3 w. ago Met Office issues UK flood warnings: See if yours is one of 51 areas affected

An enormous weather front of torrential downpours, reaching from Scotland in the north and Wales in the south, has lead the Met Office to issue a weather warning due to flooding fears

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3 w. ago ‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves?

The people of Johnshaven have watched the sea edge closer and closer. Preserving the path is key to protecting their communityPhotographs by Murdo MacLeodWhen Charis Duthie moved to Johnshaven with her husband in 1984, she could cycle along the coastal path out of the village. Now, she meets a dead end where the sea has snatched the land and is instead greeted with a big red warning sign of what is to come: Danger Coastal Erosion.“You can see gardens that were there and now they’re gone,” she says.Johnshaven, on Scotland’s North Sea coast, will attract more visitors if it has a well maintained coastal path Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Springfield Properties to tap into Scotland’s green jobs boom as pre

“We are very excited about the prospects in the north of Scotland, in particular, and we continue to look to the future with great confidence” – Innes Smith, CEO

Society

3 w. ago Aldi opening 80 new stores with list of first locations confirmed

A total of 21 stores are set to open in the next 13 weeks, including Shoreditch in London, Durham in the North East, and Kirkintilloch in Scotland

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