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Launching the Scottish Environmental Journalism Network

After more than a year exploring the complex relationship between rural Scottish communities, renewable energy ...

By Mike Small

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Edinburgh Airport | Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0

Scottish Greens brand Edinburgh Airport expansion ‘climate vandalism’

The Scottish Greens have branded Edinburgh Airport’s expansion plans “an act of climate vandalism” following ...

By Liam Eunson, Midlothian View

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Radical planning reform needed to tackle energy constraints, Cambridge professor says

The high cost and slow speed of rebuilding the UK’s energy network to link wind ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Private soldier of Cholmondeley’s 34th Regiment of Foot from the British Army, standard military attire during the Jacobite Uprisings.

The Highlander who lived through three centuries

Ethel Caterham, 117 years old, is currently the oldest person in the world. But at ...

By Silvia Mura, Kyle Chronicle

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Telling Bel’s story: new documentary on the life and music of Beldina Odenyo

CW: This article contains reference to suicide “Performing was about being able to express myself ...

By Rhiannon J Davies, Greater Govanhill

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Blairvadach mansion was sold for £590,000

Argyll and Bute Council raises £8.4m through property sell-offs

Argyll and Bute Council has raised more than £8.4m by selling property over the last ...

By Julian Calvert, Lochside Press

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Hannah Mary Goodlad MSP | Photo by Shetland News

Public sector reform offers opportunities for Shetland, MSP says

Shetland MSP Hannah Mary Goodlad says she believes a single authority model in the isles, ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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Photo of No M77 campaign | By Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert

Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert: on photographing community resistance

Interview and portrait of Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert by Ilaria Lipperi | Other photos supplied by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert  ...

By Ilaria Lipperi, Greater Govanhill

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A windfarm in Shetland | Photo by Shetland News

Community councils in Shetland to lobby politicians on energy development concerns

A PUBLIC meeting hosted by Shetland’s community councils this weekend will call on the Scottish ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Katie McGroarty in her Dundee studio

The artist databases trying to level Scotland’s creative playing field

Many factors go into visibility for those in the arts. Having money helps – whether ...

By Katie McGroarty, Clydesider

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Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games launch with Commonwealth Games Scotland Chief Executive Jon Doig, First Minister John Swinney, Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Katie Sadleir NZOM, Sec of State Ian Murray and Glasgow City Council Leader Susan Aitken - with Athletes Crystelle Lake and Cameron Lynn (gymnastics) and Emily Nicholl and Niamh McCall © Craig Watson

The legacy of empire at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games returned to Glasgow this summer, bringing with them a complicated legacy of ...

By Emma Bainbridge, Greater Govanhill

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MSPs Katherine Sangster, Ross Greer, Jackie Baillie, Liam McArthur, Paul Sweeney and Miles Briggs have all stated their support for a Scottish Local News Fund

MSPs back calls for a Scottish Local News Fund

The Scottish Beacon’s campaign for a Scottish Local News Fund has gained support from MSPs ...

By The Scottish Beacon

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