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Creative Industries Advisory Group established
The Scottish Government has set up The Creative Industries Advisory Group to advise Ministers on supporting the sector in Scotland.
Industry leaders from across the country...
Royal Edinburgh Hospital campus handed over to NHS Lothian
The £48 million development of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital may just be the first phase but it has now been completed and the keys...
Government moves cleft lip and palate surgery to Glasgow
The Scottish Government has today announced the closure of the East of Scotland cleft lip and palate surgery unit.
Campaigners have been very vocal in...
Tories question Government plans ahead of Draft Budget on Thursday
Finance Secretary Derek MacKay will address Holyrood with his draft budget on Thursday afternoon at 2.30pm. This follows from the Autumn Statement issued by the...
First Minister’s Christmas Card 2016
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has chosen Oor Wullie to illustrate her official Christmas card this year.Wullie is shown sitting on his famous upturned...
First Minister speaks with President-Elect Trump
The Scottish Government have informed us that the President Elect of the United States called the First Minister today for what was described as a...
Ban on smoking in cars with children introduced today
The measure is part of the government's ambition to create a tobacco-free generation by 2034 which means that less than 5% of people would...
First Minister’s Christmas cards raise £170,000 for charity
The First Minister commissioned the Katie Morag creator, Mairi Hedderwick, to create the artwork for last year's Christmas card and the original artwork sold...
First Minister in Ireland
Scotland’s response to the vote to leave the EU will define the country for generations to come, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the upper...
Greens to lead two Holyrood debates today
Two Green MSPs are leading debates at Holyrood later today first about cuts to additional support needs and secondly on the need to strengthen...
Lord Advocate to have his say in the Supreme Court on Section 50
The Supreme Court has today confirmed that applications to intervene in the above case have been granted to The Lord Advocate in Scotland as...
Miles secures debate on station traffic
Lothians MSP Miles Briggs has made it one of the principal aims of his new position to get accessible taxis back into Waverley Station.
Despite Scotrail having...
Letter from Scotland
I’d love to have a wood burning stove and sit by a log fire on a November night and forget about the madness of...
Edinburgh Central MSP speaking at Women in the World Forum
Edinburgh Central MSP and Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, is to speak in London this evening.
Ms Davidson will address the prestigious Women in...
Lib Dem leader looks to Robert the Bruce for inspiration
At his party’s Scottish Conference in Dunfermline later today, Willie Rennie will call on his party to stand up for progressive politics. He will...
UK leaders react to Trump victory
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the outcome of the US election, with Donald Trump defeating Hillary Clinton.
As we all knew by early this morning...
Moderator signs climate change statement
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt Rev Dr Russell Barr has joined more than 250 international faith...
Robotic assisted surgery has saved fifty lives in south east Scotland
A pioneering new form of robotics-assisted surgery for men with prostate cancer was announced by the Health Secretary Shona Robison today at Edinburgh's Western General...
Miles calls for a new life for redundant phone boxes
Lothians MSP Miles Briggs has called upon BT to make use of the otherwise redundant phone boxes in more rural locations outside the city as...
Friends of the Earth highlight the Brexit effect on the environment
The Scottish Parliament will debate the potential impact of Brexit on the environment and climate change at Holyrood later today. Friends of the Earth Scotland...
Brexit talks in London
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, went to London earlier today to meet the Prime Minister Theresa May and the leaders of the other devolved...
Court of Session upholds appeal on minimum pricing for alcohol
Earlier today the Court of Session published its decision in the case brought by The Scottish Whisky Association against government plans to introduce a minimum...
Government publishes draft Independence Referendum bill
The Scottish Government has today published a draft bill which will allow consideration of independence for Scotland for a second time, before the UK...
SESplan publish proposed plans – have a look and have your say!
The overarching planning authority for Edinburgh and the six surrounding council areas is called SESplan. They have just issued their proposed Strategic Development Plan...
Edinburgh Airport welcomes report on climate change
A report published today by the Climate Change Committee proves that the Scottish Government's 50 per cent cut to Air Passenger Duty can be met...
LIDL lead the way on plastic bags
We have often thought it strange that we can still buy plastic bags in supermarkets. Even after the introduction of a 5p charge meaning that...
First Minister to make speech in London today
Later today the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will make a speech as one of the keynote speakers at the Institute of Directors Annual Convention...
Edinburgh MSP says Scotland’s progress on climate change ‘at risk’
SNP MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Ben Macpherson has warned that Scotland’s progress on climate change risks being rolled back by a Tory...
Bookbug challenging children to read books!
We met Bookbug at the Central Library this morning who is trying to encourage children to read books by laying down the Bookbug's Library...
Edinburgh has highest burial costs in Scotland
The Scottish Government began discussion of the cost of paying for a funeral earlier today in a series of three events which will culminate in the...
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