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Forres given share of £1.5m fund for town centre regeneration

Forres is to get a share of £1,500,000 funding allocated for town centre regeneration and ...

By Marc Hindley, Forres Local

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Editorial: The Scottish Government needs to support independent media

I missed the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, answering a portfolio question ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Edinburgh community councils review

Phase 1 of Edinburgh Council’s review of 46 community councils’ governance arrangements and boundaries began ...

By Alan McIntosh, Broughton Spurtle

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Peat and circumstance: rethinking peat harvesting in the whisky industry

On the afternoon of Wednesday, 11 October, Beam Suntory and Ardtalla Estate made a joint ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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SaxaVord, the Shetland’s spaceport, critical to UK’s space race ambitions, minister says

Overlooking the Lamba Ness site from a very windy Norwick viewpoint on Friday morning, George ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Shetland: Community projects come to life with a little help from charitable trust

That is the title of a £1.5 million fund run by Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT), ...

By Shetland News

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Shetland: Most northern protest demands immediate ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

The gathering held a moment’s silence for the thousands of civilians who have been killed ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Concern over lack of consultation on council tax freeze

Yousaf pledged on Tuesday at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen, saying council tax bills would ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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Islay: A Quantum magnetometer at Finlaggan

The device will continuously measure tiny changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, reporting this data ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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Building Community on Four Wheels

“The best feeling in the world is landing a trick.” Lynsay is a skater from ...

By Samar Jamal, Greater Govanhill

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The devastating impact of the cost of living on unpaid carers

A new report published by Carers Scotland lays bare the financial impact of caring and paints a ...

By Fiona Grahame, The Orkney News

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Free McGill’s bus travel in Inverclyde on two Sundays in October

The Free Bus Sunday initiative means any journey within Inverclyde on a McGill’s bus will ...

By Inverclyde Now

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