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PINF launches local news crisis campaign as part Indie News Week 2025

For Indie News Week 2025, The Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) created a campaign action ...

By The Scottish Beacon

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Loch Lomond by Laura Meinhardt

U-turn by Scottish Government halts Flamingo Land plan

The Scottish Government has performed a dramatic U-turn and pressed the pause button on Flamingo ...

By The Lochside Press

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Introducing: The Power Shift – a collaborative investigation into impact of Scotland’s green energy boom

The Power Shift  is a major new collaborative journalism project from the Scottish Beacon which ...

By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon

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Sullom Voe terminal sign

Politicians sign oil and gas jobs pledge after open letter from isles businesses

Shetland’s MP and MSP have signed a pledge to protect oil and gas jobs after ...

By Shetland News

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Making a deal, by Sora Shimazaki

Rural Growth Deal signed by Scot and UK governments

The Scottish and UK governments have signed a £70m growth deal for Argyll and Bute, ...

By The Illeach

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SIC leader Emma Macdonald and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar with the council’s recently launched political engagement document Shetland’s Future. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News

Route to net zero goes through oil and gas, Labour leader hears on visit north

Sullom Voe Terminal operator EnQuest has painted a stark picture of the oil and gas ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at St Andrew’s House 2 March 2020 PHOTO ©2020 The Edinburgh Reporter

Nicola Sturgeon announces her retirement from politics at the 2026 election

Former First Minister – and the first woman to hold the office – Nicola Sturgeon ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: A close-up shot of clear water dripping from a tap. Credit: Nithin PA

Industrial action to hit Scottish Water

Workers at publicly owned Scottish Water will be taking industrial action in a dispute over pay.  In ...

By The Orkney News

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Photo of a bustling Glasgow high street by John Bowden

Have Your Say: Visitor Levy consultation now open in Glasgow

Since 2019 discussions around the introduction of a Visitor Levy – also called the ‘tourism ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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Photo: Bonaly Scouts Sign Source: C&B News

Visitor Levy exemption for Bonaly Scout Centre in Edinburgh

Bonaly Scout Centre will qualify for an exemption from Edinburgh’s new Visitor Levy. As reported ...

By Paul Fisher Cockburn, C&B News

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Photo: Edinburgh City Source: The Edinburgh Reporter

Edinburgh city agrees details of new visitor levy

The meeting was held online due to Storm Éowyn but all councillors had ample opportunity to ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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£1 million fraud at Aberdeen City Council sends a warning across local government

All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses that allowed an Aberdeen City Council employee’s ...

By Midlothian View

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