Tag: The Scottish Government

The Port of Ardersier on Scotland's Moray Firth, previously a hive of activity during the early oil boom in Scotland,  has today moved centre stage as one of the key manufacturing and port facilities for...

NEW FREE NUMBER FOR NHS 24 – EASY TO REMEMBER AND FREE! People in Scotland will no longer be charged for calling NHS 24 after April 2014 when the existing number will be replaced by 111. The...

LAUNCH OF MAJOR FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN BY POLICE FORCES ACROSS EAST OF SCOTLAND Criminals across the East of Scotland who fund their lifestyles through crime are being targeted in a major new campaign launching today. Lothian and...

As winter takes hold, people are being urged to take care as they head out into Scotland’s hills and mountains.Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison has delivered the annual Winter Safety Message,...

A beautiful array of flowers and plants painted by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder will help celebrate the forthcoming Year of Natural Scotland while at the same time benefitting four deserving causes, after it was unveiled...

Members of the Scottish Parliament attended an event in Holyrood this week organised by Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, to raise awareness of its annual Christmas campaign. The event is aimed at...

It was confirmed by the Scottish Government yesterday that St John's RC Primary School in Edinburgh will be refurbished or rebuilt under the Scotland's Schools for the Future Programme. The school  has been operating...

Plans to build a replacement for Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC ) and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN) have been approved, it was confirmed today. The outline business case sets out NHS Lothian’s...

The Scottish Government today published proposals seeking views on lowering the drink driving limit in Scotland.The consultation follows the recent transfer of the power to set the level of the drink drive limit from...

The Scottish Government's new Cabinet team has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond, subject to the necessary parliamentary approval. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s longest serving health secretary, will now become Cabinet Secretary...

The First Minister stood up yesterday afternoon at the first Tuesday afternoon business session at Holyrood to announce the fifteen bills that will be discussed over the coming months. He had come to the Chamber...

Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has lined up with several other leading marine energy developers to vie for the £10m Saltire Prize – the Scottish Government’s global ocean energy challenge. The Saltire Prize ‘Grand Challenge’...

The Scottish Government has wished Scottish athletes the best of luck for London 2012. Scottish Ministers have recorded a good luck message to all 54 Olympians and 23 Scottish Paralympians. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHBWe25W1Q]  First Minister Alex Salmond said:- “The...

Equality campaigners lobbying for gay marriage and equality in society yesterday took their petition to Holyrood. There, in front of the parliament building,  they held a staged ceremony for Jay and Ruth Richards-Hill with...

Minister for Environment and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson has thanked everyone involved in coping with the flooding and heavy rain that is causing disruption across Scotland, and is urging them to stay vigilant.Mr Stevenson...

The latest reports on the Edinburgh Legionnaires’ outbreak show an increase in two people confirmed with the disease. These cases have both been ill for some time. This means the total number of confirmed cases...

Several of our Edinburgh MSPs were in good voice today at Holyrood. First of all at General Questions this morning, we heard Colin Beattie SNP member of the Scottish Parliament for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, ask...

The latest reports from the Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) on the Edinburgh Legionnaires’ disease outbreak shows that the number of cases is unchanged. There are 39 confirmed cases and 49 suspected cases. Of those...

 Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, has welcomed the Scottish Government's plan on giving urban communities more say on unused land and derelict properties as good for Edinburgh.The proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill...

The latest reports from the Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) on the Edinburgh Legionnaires’ outbreak show that there are now 21 confirmed cases and 19 suspected cases.One of the confirmed cases has died, two...

Representatives of cycling safety group, Pedal on Parliament, met with Scottish Government Transport Minister Keith Brown MSP, along with other MSPs and government officials today to discuss the key points of their eight point...

A Jubilee Garden will be planted in the grounds of Holyrood Palace as a permanent gift from the people of Scotland to The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, First Minister Alex...

Scotland will launch a Climate Justice Fund this week to help some of the world’s poorest communities tackle the impact of climate change, it was announced today. First Minister Alex Salmond will be joined by...

Finance Secretary John Swinney and Local Government Minister Derek Mackay today met with The City of Edinburgh Council’s new leaders – the first in a series of meetings with Scotland’s new council administrations following...

A multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays was opened today. Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond announced that Scotland’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund...

There was only one Edinburgh or Lothians MSP who managed to get a word in edgeways at First Minister's Questions today at Holyrood. Margo MacDonald, Lothians MSP, had been warmly welcomed back into the chamber...

The increasing appetite for ‘grow your own’ was served up a cash boost today by Environment Minister, Stewart Stevenson. Mr Stevenson announced a £600,000 package of support to encourage the development of more community growing...

SEARCH FOR A GLOBAL GREEN HERO LAUNCHES IN EDINBURGH Global competition looks for local sustainable entrepreneurs to win £400,000 A global competition in search of the next big carbon cutting innovation was launched in the UK...

BALERNO PUPIL CROWNED JUNIOR BURNSIAN 2012 The World Burns Federation National Festival, held recently in Aberdeen, crowned local Balerno pupil Annie Bowes Scotland's Junior Burnsian 2012, as reported on Deadline.   Over 165,000 pupils from across...

SNP MSP Welcomes Waverley Market Reprieve   Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi has welcomed today’s news that the Princes Mall site at Waverley is no longer to pass to private owners for just 40p, under a...