Tag: Scottish
Scottish community awarded £500,000 to buy Britain’s remotest pub
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Mainland Britain’s remotest pub is set to be placed in the hands of its local community after tensions emerged with its Belgian owner. Residents of the Knoydart peninsula on Scotland’s west coast have been awarded a g...
Scottish Covid vaccine passport app hit by problems after launch
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Scotland’s Covid vaccine passport app is experiencing problems hours after its launch. The app, which proves someone is fully vaccinated, is needed from Friday to enter nightclubs, large events and for overseas travel...
Scottish roundup: Michael Smith helps Hearts keep track of Rangers
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Jon McLaughlin’s second-half penalty save helped Rangers secure a 1-0 win at Dundee to remain top of the cinch Premiership. It meant Joe Aribo’s early goal was enough for Steven Gerrard’s champions to get back on trac...
Vast area of Scottish Highlands to be rewilded in ambitious 30-year project
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A large swathe of the Scottish Highlands stretching between the west coast and Loch Ness is to be rewilded as part of a 30-year project to restore nature. The Affric Highlands initiative aims to increase connected hab...
Ark on Scottish hillside attracts rising tide of interest
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When Argyll and Bute council’s planning department asked David Blair if the huge wooden ark he had raised on a hillside overlooking the Kyles of Bute was a permanent structure, he did not think long about his answer. ...
Scottish Covid vaccine trialists ‘treated like second-class citizens’
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Scottish vaccine volunteers are being treated like “second-class citizens” while waiting for the Novavax jab to be approved, an MSP has said, as they continue a months-long fightto have their vaccines recognised on th...
Troops drafted in to help out Scottish ambulance service
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Soldiers will be drafted in to drive Scottish ambulances, the head of the ambulance service has confirmed, after reports of a succession of harrowing cases where patients have endured lengthy waits. The Scottish ambul...
Scottish watchdog looks into Russian donation to Prince Charles charity
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Scotland’s charity regulator has announced an investigation following claims that a six-figure sum from a wealthy Russian donor was accepted by Prince Charles’s charitable foundation before being rejected by its ethic...
Scottish parliament approves plans for vaccine passports
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The Scottish parliament has approved plans for vaccine passports, which will come into force from 1 October for those seeking entry to nightclubs and large-scale events, despite fierce criticism from opposition partie...
Scottish campaigners condemn Cop26 as ‘the most exclusionary ever’
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Scotland-based climate campaigners have condemned “the most exclusionary Cop ever”, as they reveal a waiting list of nearly 2,000 delegates and activists who were still seeking affordable accommodation for November’s ...
Nicola Sturgeon starts work on a new push for Scottish independence
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Nicola Sturgeon has told civil servants to start making a new case for independence, which offers people “an informed choice on Scotland’s future” in the Scottish government’s first legislative programme since last mo...
Scottish Green membership backs power-sharing deal with SNP
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Members of the Scottish Greens have backed an agreement for the party to join the Holyrood government alongside the Scottish National party (SNP). Party members voted to support the deal to enter government at Saturda...
Scottish independence vote depends on sustained support, says UK minister
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The UK government could approve a second Scottish independence referendum if support for staging one stays above 60% for a sustained period, Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, has said. Jack said consistent support...
Scottish court drops extradition case of Catalan independence campaigner
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An extradition case against a Catalan academic and independence campaigner, Clara Ponsatí, has been dropped by a Scottish court after she moved to Belgium. A sheriff in Edinburgh halted an extradition request from the...
Former Scottish Greens leader criticises ‘disappointing’ agreement with SNP
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A former leader of the Scottish Greens has attacked the deal the party struck with Nicola Sturgeon’s government for failing to take tougher action on North Sea oil, marine protection and taxation. Robin Harper, the co...