Climate campaigners have accused Scottish ministers of being “inept” and “short-termist” after they scrapped Scotland’s target to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. Màiri…
View More ‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledgeTag: Scotland
Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94
Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died. Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel…
View More Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94Rare fungus to be moved from Scotland to England in hopes to save species
Fingers of a critically endangered fungus will this week be removed from its last sites in Scotland and fixed to trees in three woodlands in…
View More Rare fungus to be moved from Scotland to England in hopes to save speciesLand ownership in rural Scotland more concentrated despite reforms, study finds
Land ownership in Scotland has become even more concentrated despite two decades of land reform legislation, with green capital investors becoming increasingly dominant, a study…
View More Land ownership in rural Scotland more concentrated despite reforms, study findsAverage monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recorded
The average monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK rose by 9% in the year to February, official figures show – the highest annual…
View More Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recordedLNER simpler fares trial adds more than £100 to some train journeys
Journeys on many intercity trains running from London to Edinburgh are more than twice as expensive since the launch of a “simpler fares” initiative designed…
View More LNER simpler fares trial adds more than £100 to some train journeys‘It’s soul destroying to find nests have failed’: inside the battle against Scotland’s falcon thieves
George Smith has been tracking the peregrine falcons of south Scotland since 1984. His day job is working in maintenance, but every evening and weekend…
View More ‘It’s soul destroying to find nests have failed’: inside the battle against Scotland’s falcon thievesEight million UK households to get £299 cost of living payments from Tuesday
Eight million households on means-tested benefits will receive their final cost of living payment to help with high food and energy bills from Tuesday. The…
View More Eight million UK households to get £299 cost of living payments from TuesdayUK house prices rise at strongest rate in a year
The outlook for the UK housing market is “more positive” as prices improved at their strongest rate in a year, according to Nationwide. The building…
View More UK house prices rise at strongest rate in a yearGlens, lochs and isles battle to be Scotland’s next national park
Glen Affric in the Highlands is home to deer, ospreys, otters and one of Scotland’s largest Caledonian pine woods. Often described as one of the…
View More Glens, lochs and isles battle to be Scotland’s next national park