6 h. ago The underrated Scottish coastal village home to country's 'best pub'

It is also just a short walk from a fabulous beach.

Politics

14 h. ago Scottish pub with mysterious 17th century love story sold for new development plans

The Stag Inn in Falkland, Fife, near Falkland Palace, features a rare lintel carved with the initials IL and EF and a heart.

Politics

54 h. ago Rangers legend Graeme Souness fuming after councillors reject development plan

The football hardman said he didn't understand the decision "on any level".

Politics

4 d. ago Blythswood Retail Park units change plan given green light by Renfrewshire Council

The local authority confirmed the proposals were in line with the provisions of the development plan.

Politics

4 d. ago Historic Scottish pub Sherlock Holmes author frequented reopens after makeover

The Salisbury Arms in Edinburgh has reopened after undergoing a huge makeover.

Culture

5 d. ago Kim Jong Un opens massive Wonsan beach resort as he bets on North Korea tourism boom

Leader says he will soon confirm major plan to develop more tourist hubs in reclusive country

Society

5 d. ago The Scottish coastal pub with beer garden that was crowned 'best in Scotland'

The pub is only a short walk away from the beach.

Politics

6 d. ago The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians

This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticityWe become ourselves by copying others, whether dutifully or audaciously, in acts of homage or appropriation. What is education if not a prolonged process of copying, and isn’t the same true, Nell Stevens asks in her latest novel, of falling in love? Suddenly besotted with another young woman, her protagonist Grace begins to wear her scarf at the side of the neck as her lover does, and to feel “clearer and more deliberate and more like myself” as she does so. “When we fall in love with a person, we fall in love with the copy of them, inexpertly done, that we carry around with us whenever they aren’t there.”At its heart The Original has two strands of copying: both are preoccupations of the late-Victorian era the book is set in. There are the pictures made by Grace when she’s brought, penniless, to her uncle’s house aged 10 after her pa...

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6 d. ago Planning bill will boost development but not without investment in skills

UK Government action is welcome, but additional pieces of the construction jigsaw must be put in place, writes Richard Whitehead

Events

6 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council to make more active use of social media to highlight important planning applications to the public

Members supported a motion which was a response to commonly expressed complaints that the public were often aware of planning applications before development began.

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8 d. ago British Business Bank invests in entrepreneurs in £6.6bn funding commitment

The UK Government’s development bank has revealed the investment plans as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s 10-year industrial strategy announcement.

Economics

9 d. ago Man City could change transfer plans after unexpected Club World Cup development

Vitor Reis performed well for Manchester City in their opening game in the Club World Cup and his development could mean a departure for another defender.

Politics

9 d. ago Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly firedJordan Lloyd had been praying for something big to happen. The 35-year-old screenwriter was quarantining in her apartment in North Hollywood in June 2020. Without any work projects to fill her days, she picked up the novel Roots, by Alex Haley, to reread.The novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, Haley’s ancestor, who is captured and sold into slavery in the Gambia and then brought to Virginia, where he is forced to labor on a plantation. It was adapted into an Emmy-award winning television series in the 1970s, and while reading it again, Lloyd thought to herself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if they could make another Roots?” Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Scottish island home to beaches and pub with 'sun trap beer garden'

The isle has everything for a family summer getaway.

Society

1 week ago West Lothian could see another 12,500 homes built by 2038 under development plan

A full meeting of West Lothian Council agreed to approve the first stage of a new Local Development Plan as a blueprint for the future look of communities.

Politics

1 week ago The stunning Scottish beach with cosy pub by the sand perfect for family day out

At low tide, there is almost a mile of sand to explore.

Society

1 week ago One man, thousands of trees and heaps of determination: how regreening Guatemala transformed a village

Since 1999, Armando López Pocol and his team of volunteers have bucked the trend for deforestation, regenerating the landscape of the highlands with their Chico Mendes projectArmando López Pocol is showing off some of the thousands of trees he has planted in Pachaj, his village in the highlands of western Guatemala, when he suddenly halts his white pickup truck. Alongside an American volunteer, Lyndon Hauge, he gazes out over a charred field. Clouds of smoke are still billowing from the ground.As he walks through the ash-covered field, his optimistic speech turns to sadness and he pauses in silence to take in the barren landscape. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Popular Scottish pub known for being heart of the community wins prestigious award

An East Renfrewshire bar is one of just six in the UK to win a national award for community impact.

Events

2 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council agreed in principle to more housing in Gartcosh and Glenboig

The council received a planning application from Persimmon Homes, Avant Homes and the Lamont Family Planning seeking permission in principle for residential development at Heathfield Farm in Muirhead

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2 w. ago Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance

IADB’s proposals involve lenders using public money to buy up renewable energy loans in poor countriesAn innovative plan to use public money to back renewable energy loans in the developing world could liberate cash from the private sector for urgently needed climate finance.Avinash Persaud, a special adviser on climate change to the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), who developed the proposals, believes the plan could drive tens of billions of new investment in the fledgling green economy in poorer countries within a few years, and could provide the bulk of the $1.3tn in annual climate finance promised to the developing world by 2035. Continue reading...

Economics