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Wildfires Scotland: Death forecast within 20 years, and it is up to rural land owners to face the threat
The two largest wildfires ever recorded in the UK prior to 2023 occurred in Scotland in 2019. The first in Morayshire in ...
Exams Scotland: Does surge in vocational subjects mark an end to Highers as the 'gold standard' of education?
Vocational courses were celebrated on exam results day this year like never before, writes Education Correspondent Catriona ...
Optometry Scotland: Eyecare can be delivered far cheaper and closer to home - if SNP ministers back us
A transformation in eyecare is taking place across Scotland - but it needs to be supported, writes Eilidh Thomson.
The deaf Fife teenager on the challenges overcome to compete for Team GB at Deaflympics
Unlike many Olympic athletes, deaf sport in the UK receives no government funding, which means every player must cover the ...
Why SNP cannot allow these three fundamental pillars of Scotland to keep crumbling
Yet Police Scotland has stopped investigating some ‘minor’ crimes, and earlier this year, David Threadgold, chair of the ...
Scotland’s richest man and his vision for a village on Loch Ness
On the north east shore of Loch Ness, things have been changing since Scotland’s richest man bought up the local pub. The Dores Inn, the only haunt in the village, has long been enjoyed by those ...