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Applications open today for Create18 funding
A new national funding programme, Create18, opens today to give young people across Scotland the opportunity to create and host innovative events in their community, and...
Edinburgh is most popular city in Scotland with visitors
We know it's the best city in the world but, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics, Edinburgh is the most...
NHS systems getting back to normal
Following a global malware attack the NHS in Scotland appears to be getting back to normal.
The Scottish Government’s resilience operation met again yesterday following...
Pedal on Parliament 2017
Several hundred cyclist gathered today (Saturday) in the Meadows to take part in the 2017 Pedal on Parliament. The event was policed fairly discretely by...
Scotland House now open in London
The Scottish Government has announced that Scotland’s latest Innovation and Investment Hub has officially opened in London.
More than 450 businesses have registered their interest...
Transplant numbers up in the last year
The Scottish Government has released new figures confirming that the number of people who had an organ transplant from a deceased donor in the last year...
First Minister announces funding to train women in peacekeeping
Today in New York the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a £1.2m funding package to train over 200 women from conflict zones around the world...
US firm invests in Edinburgh research centre
US tech firm Xilinx Inc. is to invest £3.8 million in its specialist research centre in Edinburgh, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed today.
The centre...
Veterans will get full war pensions
Health Secretary Shona Robison was in Edinburgh to announce that veterans will get full war pensions with £5 million of Scottish Government funding promised.
Up to 1,300 veterans...
Queensferry Crossing – delays due to the weather continue
At this morning's meeting of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee at Holyrood, Keith Brown MSP had to inform the members that the Queensferry...
Edinburgh International Book Festival News
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL’S OUTRIDERS TAKE FIVE JOURNEYS ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Edinburgh International Book Festival organisers have announced details of Outriders, an exciting new project where...
Scottish Government launch digital strategy
The Scottish Government says it has plans to boost the number of jobs associated with the digital industries to 150,000 in the next four...
First Minister sets out referendum process ahead of Brexit trigger
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today at Bute House that the Scottish Government is determined that Scotland will have the choice between what...
Scottish Government support the refurbishment of The Queen’s Hall
The Queen's Hall will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2023 and now in the year of History, Heritage and Archaeology the Scottish Government has granted it...
Labour lodge amendment to budget ahead of vote today
Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale has announced an amendment to the budget motion at Holyrood today in a bid to stop cuts on local...
Business owners urged to #KnowYourRates
#KnowYourRates to be aware of any impending rise in business rates
Politicians want further action by the Scottish Government
With changes to business rates in the...
Scottish Government’s income tax rates
Earlier today the Scottish Government fixed income tax rates and bands set out in their Budget Bill, achieving a first in Scottish Parliamentary history.
Scottish Income...
Council encouraged to apply for energy efficiency funding
SNP MSP Ben Macpherson who has a background in renewable energy has encouraged The City of Edinburgh Council to apply for a share of The...
MSP welcomes additional funds for Pentlands primary schools
As part of the £120 million Pupil Equity Fund schools in Edinburgh will share £7.5 million which is intended to improve standards in schools...
Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology – History and tourism go hand in hand
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop was on Edinburgh's Royal Mile today to hear how Scotland is capitalising on the booming demand from tourists to explore the country’s...
Scottish Government attack Westminster over lack of communication on Jobcentre closures
The UK Government announced on Thursday 26 January that many JobCentres will close across the country including that on South St Andrew Street in...
Letter from Scotland
While the rest of the world was worrying about Mr Trump’s wall or what the Appeal Court judges would say about Brexit, I was...
Government reveals Scotland’s Baby Box designs
The final six designs for Scotland's Baby Box were revealed by the Minister for Childcare and Early Years, Mark McDonald in Dundee yesterday.
The shortlist...
Latest newsletter from Edinburgh Pentlands MSP
Gordon Macdonald was re-elected to his position as SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands last May.
He produces a monthly newsletter which you can sign up...
Elsie Inglis to be commemorated on the centenary of her death
The death of Dr Elsie Inglis a hundred years ago will be commemorated on 26 and 29 November 2017 as part of the World War...
Scottish Government Baby Box scheme to be fully evaluated before rollout
The announcement earlier this week that baby boxes were being introduced in a pilot scheme in Clackmannanshire and Orkney from 1 January resulted in a storm of...
First baby boxes delivered in pilot scheme
The Scottish Government has begun a three-month pilot handing out baby boxes to expectant mothers and fathers. Although this has started in Clackmannanshire and...
Happy New Year messages from the Prime Minister and First Minister
First of all Prime Minister Theresa May explains that we have made a momentous decision and set ourselves in a new direction.
She says in the...
Scottish Executive files released today
The National Records of Scotland have today released the papers relating to the Scottish Executive from 2001.
These detail the second full year of what...
Arise Sir Andy! – Andy Murray among a hundred Scots in the Queen’s New...
Arise Sir Andy Murray! It looks like his mother may have to eat her words and start doffing her cap to him after all....
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