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Scotland to open new government office in Canada
There was a time when many people emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Clubs were established here to help relatives fly across the Atlantic on...
COMMENT : Scotland’s fracking is a ‘pseudo-ban’
by Luciana Miu Researcher - Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London
Ah, fracking.
The new ‘f’ word has really made its way into the mainstream energy...
Labour demand better for young people in care
Scottish Labour have obtained data from the Scottish Government by a Freedom of Information request which they say shows that only 6 per cent...
First Minister introduces the new team
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spent yesterday reshuffling her Cabinet and today she appointed nine new junior ministers to complete the task.
Subject to Parliamentary...
All change at Holyrood
Nicola Sturgeon's cabinet has been greatly changed today during a major reshuffle, the first since the last Scottish parliamentary election in May 2016.
Keith Brown...
First Minister leading business delegation to Berlin today
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is heading up a delegation of business representatives which is going to Berlin today. 12 companies are sending delegates....
Balfour calls on Scottish Government to support men’s charity
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothian region, has pressed the First Minister to meet with men’s charity, Abused Men in Scotland, to discuss their...
Boroughmuir High School opened by Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville
When opening the newest secondary school in the capital, the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville was one of three...
Scottish Government announce review into miners’ strike policing
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced an independent review into the impact of policing on communities during the Miners’ Strike, from March 1984 to March...
Funding for energy efficiency in the capital
£3,418,399 to improve energy efficiency in Edinburgh
The Scottish Government says Edinburgh residents will benefit from £3,418,399 of funding to help make homes more energy...
MSP says Bank closures may exclude disabled
A question asked this week by Gordon Macdonald MSP, into banking provision by RBS has revealed that the Scottish Government believes the proposals to have...
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol begins today
The minimum unit price for alcohol of 50pence is introduced in Scotland from today.
The Scottish Government has suggested that alcohol related deaths will be...
First Minister visiting China
The First Minister, the Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, is in China from tomorrow 9 April until 13 April.
The purpose of her visit is to...
‘Event Horizon’ Hoves into View at the Museum
Jason Hackenwerth’s biggest ever sculpture unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland
Unveiled today (6th April), 'Event Horizon' is one of the main highlights of...
New employment service for Edinburgh opens today
A new way of finding work in is available to unemployed people across Edinburgh from today.
StartScotland will deliver The Scottish Government's Fair Start Scotland...
FUSE will offer high quality training for those who work at Edinburgh St James
We should all expect great service at Edinburgh St James when it opens. That is one of the aspirations of FUSE which aims to put...
Youth Music Initiative – new funding announcement
Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop visited Longstone Primary School earlier today and announced £1.6 million of new funding awards...
Government warning about travel today
You are urged to avoid travel in the areas affected by red and amber warnings for snow which includes Edinburgh and much of the...
Bill Gates visits Edinburgh
Yesterday afternoon following a visit to the University of Edinburgh, Bill Gates met the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The meeting allowed Mr Gates to hear first-hand...
First 2018 baby boxes out for delivery today
First baby boxes of the new year delivered.
Some families in Scotland are awaiting important deliveries of new babies this New Year and from today...
Three community regeneration projects in Edinburgh awarded funding
Three separate projects across the city have been awarded funding by The Scottish Government from their Making Places Initiative. The total paid out to 19 projects...
Cautious welcome for university scheme
The University of Edinburgh will be included in a pilot scheme to simplify the visa process for those students on a Master's course of...
Arctic Circle Forum – Edinburgh 19-21 November
A conference is taking place in Edinburgh today and tomorrow which hints that perhaps our future lies with countries nearer the Arctic Circle than...
Edinburgh Category Winners at First ever Climate Challenge Fund Awards
National awards ceremony recognises local efforts to tackle climate change.
Community-led organisations from across Scotland gathered in Edinburgh yesterday (Wednesday 1 November) to celebrate the...
Official opening at Leith Fort
Development of 94 affordable, colony-style homes starts new chapter for historic Leith Fort site
A partnership between Port of Leith Housing Association and the City...
Brexit update after London meeting
Following the Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in London earlier today, Mike Russell, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, urged the UK...
Friends of the Earth say climate change is an emergency
Activists from Friends of the Earth Scotland inflated a huge two metre in diameter globe outside The Scottish Government headquarters at St Andrew’s House...
Queensferry Crossing ‘boost to business’
The Economy Secretary Keith Brown was in Fife earlier today speaking to Fife Chamber of Commerce, when he said that the Queensferry Crossing is...
Edinburgh top cultural city
Along with Paris, Copenhagen and Eindhoven Edinburgh has been named top Cultural and Creative City in its population group by the European Commission's Joint...
First high speed train comes to Scotland
ScotRail Alliance has this morning welcomed the delivery of the first of the high-speed trains which will be rolled out from next year. The...
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