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Photo: Stonehaven's C-listed building in much need of repair. Source: The Bellman

Giving a building back its youth after years of neglect

A building on Stonehaven’s High Street, first constructed as an Episcopal school, will have extensive ...

By Jane Cruickshank, The Bellman

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Photo: Conic Hill path closure: Source: The Lochside Press

Climate change is ‘undeniable’ says national park leader

Storm Eowyn earning itself a very rare red weather warning in the Scotland showed that ...

By The Lochside Press

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Attendees at the Community Power Event by hosted by Community Energy Scotland, courtesy of CES

Repowering: Communities at the heart of Scotland’s renewable future

Trying to keep up with the constantly evolving government policies aimed at mitigating climate change ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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Photo: Walking Football Source: C&B News

Football game once again ‘Joins the Generations’

The second “Join the Generations” football match took place between Oriam Walking Football Club (OWF) ...

By Gerry Butler, Chair of Currie FC

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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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Illustration by giacinta frisillo

Plant Grow Share: Don’t let it go to waste

It is an event, each weekend in the long days of summer, to see two ...

By James McAleer

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Illustration by Brian Palmer

Is Islay’s whisky boom about to hit a snag?

Is the golden goose on a break? The last few years have seen plans for ...

By Brian Palmer, The Illeach

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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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Tom Wood with the wartime archive pictured at the site of one of the unexploded bombs in Portobello. Photo by Stephen Rafferty

Explosive discovery in wartime bombing archive

Details contained in the valuable archive were known only to a small circle of officials ...

By Stephen Rafferty, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: Marianne Brown. Source: Shetland News

How do we reconcile change? Viking wind farm and the consequences

When Shetland embarked on that protracted Viking wind farm journey more than two decades ago, ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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Photo: Patrick Harvie, leader of the Scottish Green Party. Source: The Edinburgh Reporter

Greens renew demand over Trump ahead of his inauguration

The party says it does not want Scotland to welcome President Trump if he visits ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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