Joe Scotting

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The Real Mary King’s Close, one of Edinburgh's top tourist destinations, has over 1800 Tripadvisor reviews, more ratings than Disneyland Paris

Award-winning Scottish attraction launches new Christmas tours
A LAUDED Edinburgh attraction which was recently named by TripAdvisor as the best in has announced a new Christmas tour.

The group will focus on habitat restoration, maintaining or increasing biodiversity, upping climate change resilience and unlocking economic potential from timber and venison in the area

Highland landowners come together to revive an area larger than Edinburgh

A GROUP of Highland landowners are looking to “reawaken the landscape” across an area of Lochaber bigger than Edinburgh.

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Julie Fowlis and Duncan Chisholm (pictured) performing at the awards evening in Inverness

Trad artists honoured at top awards ceremony – the full list
THE ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards posthumously awarded Album of the Year to a Scottish musician that passed away from a brain tumour at age 31.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has built a platform on independence from the UK, £4bn for public transport, and to hire 500 GPs

Plaid Cymru top new Senedd poll amid plunge in Labour support

PLAID Cymru have topped polling in Wales, beating out Labour for the first time since 2010...

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The students worked with the owners of the island – descendants of the last people to live there – to rebuild the old pier, paths, stone dykes and make one of the old cottages habitable

School pupils become first to camp on abandoned Scottish island in 50 years

A GROUP of Gordonstoun students are the first people in half a century to camp out on an abandoned Scottish island.

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The protest, led by Perth Against Racism, chanted loudly in opposition to the far-right conference

Demonstrators brand Nigel Farage a 's’ amid rally at Reform conference

NIGEL Farage was branded a ‘s’ by anti-racism protesters at the Reform Party’s inaugural Scottish conference in Perth.

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Peter A Bell, (pictured) the founder and interim leader of the New Scotland Party is a self-described part of the ‘radical’ wing of the independence movement.

EXCLUSIVE ‘The dream lives on’: New member-owned independence party launched in Perth

A NEW political party launched today with a single mission in mind:

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Despite positivity towards clean fuel, 86% of businesses surveyed claim that private companies need more clarity from the Government on what future sources of energy will be

Majority of Scottish businesses support fossil fuel phase-out, new figures show

Figures from an environmental group show that 82 percent of Scottish businesses support the phasing out of fossil fuels ...

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Keir Starmer has outlined the Government's intention to 'crack down' on welfare spending

EXCLUSIVE Labour Government's welfare cuts branded ‘vile and out of touch’ by Scottish parties

Scottish parties have slammed the Labour Government’s plans to slash benefits spending, branding the move "vile and out of touch" and accusing Keir Starmer of political posturing ...

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Keir Starmer's plans to cut welfare spending has been criticised by leading charities

EXCLUSIVE Labour’s plans to cut benefits will leave disabled Scots ‘financially worse off’

Welfare charities have branded the Prime Minister’s plans to cut benefits spending as "arbitrary" and a move that "will leave disabled Scots financially worse off” ...

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