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Gene-editing Bill should not ‘force products on Scotland’, says minister

An impact assessment said gene-edited goods will be able to be sold elsewhere in the UK if the changes are made.

The Independent UK

How can Scotland's skyrocketing housing prices be brought back down to earth?

THE cost of housing has been the aspect of the cost of living crisis which has perhaps been debated the least but what we spend on rent or on the…

The National (Scotland)

Education Secretary supports 'fair' pay deal for teachers amid strike threats

THE Education Secretary has said she supports a “fair pay offer” amid threats of teaching strikes in the autumn.

The National (Scotland)

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Highland national park could help battle climate change, says council leader

A NEW Highland national park could help the battle against climate change, according to the leader of Highland Council

The National (Scotland)

Teachers ready to strike by Autumn amid pay dispute, union leader warns

Larry Flanagan, general secretary of Scotland's largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), said teachers are ready to "fight back".

Glasgow Live

Council leaders 'deeply disappointed' with Nicola Sturgeon over pay dispute

Cosla finance spokeswoman Gail Macgregor said the current budget settlement for local government "limits the options" for successfully resolving the dispute.

Daily Record

Glasgow nursery operator chosen to run new Hogarth Park facility

The council built the new nursery on Carntyne Road to support the Scottish Government's pledge to offer 1140 hours of free early learning and childcare for all children aged three to five.

Glasgow Live

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Councils 'disappointed' ministers won't intervene in local authority pay disputes

COUNCIL leaders across Scotland are said to be “deeply disappointed” with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes for…

The National (Scotland)

Fears for historic fort as expansion of Sheephill Quarry approved

West Dunbartonshire Council had refused permission for the work over concerns for the iron age hill fort, but that decision is now being overturned on appeal.

Glasgow Live

Call for action to halt decline in numbers of salmon in Scottish rivers

Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board fisheries director Dr David Summers told members earlier this year the number caught on the Tay in 2021 was down to somewhere between 4000 and 5000

Daily Record

Shine a light on your community champions in the Scotland Loves Local Awards

Organisers say: "People and groups across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire are working relentlessly to improve lives"

Daily Record

‘Nothing choreographed’ about ferry document find, MSPs told

Senior Transport Scotland official says there was nothing nefarious in the timing of the release

Insider UK

ScotRail disruption could end as union urges drivers to accept 5% pay offer

Another union has now seized on the deal, looking to pressure the government to resolve its own dispute

Insider UK

Cross-party support for Lanarkshire schoolboy at first Holyrood debate on medical cannabis access but health minister's absence was 'kick in the teeth'

East Kilbride MSP Collette Stevenson and members of the cross-party group on medicinal cannabis called on the Scottish Government to help break down the legal barriers facing desperate parents of children with drug resistant epilepsy.

Daily Record

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'Nothing choreographed' about release of key ferry document, official says

THERE was “nothing choreographed” about the release of a key document in relation to the contract for two delayed and over-budget ferries, a…

Daily Record

Experts fear deadly new bird flu in Scotland could put some species at threat of extinction

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is intensifying in Scotland as experts warn the virus is 'new and unprecedented'

The National (Scotland)

'Major victory' as hundreds of jobs to be transferred to Scotland's NHS

Hundreds of workers at Wishaw’s University Hospital will be transferred from Serco to NHS Lanarkshire ...

Daily Record

Scots villagers feel ‘let down’ over plans for major new retail and housing development

Community councillors have told a Scottish Government planning appeals reporter that locals feel “let down” over plans to build a major new retail and housing development in Thornhill. Inverdunning (Thornhill) Ltd, in conjunction with JCC, the owner

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Shetlanders 'quoted more than £700,000 to connect to broadband', MSP says

SHETLANDERS were quoted more than £700,000 to connect just 15 properties to broadband, an MSP for the islands has said.

Daily Record

Scottish Government refuses to give independence referendum bill guarantee

The First Minister refused to give an assurance her IndyRef2 plans would be published before the end of the month.

The Independent UK

Shetlanders quoted £725,000 to connect to broadband, says MSP

Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart has written to Finance Secretary Kate Forbes on the issue.

Daily Record

Dundee’s biodiversity plan making positive strides forward

An update will be given to councillors next week.

The National (Scotland)

'The sooner our finances are out of Tories' hands, the better', says Sturgeon

NICOLA Sturgeon said the sooner Scotland's finances "are out of the hands of Tories at Westminster, the better" as she faced questions…

Daily Record

Heartbreaking images show dead puffins and gannets washed ashore as bird flu reaches North East

Avian flu has reportedly killed over 1,000 birds so far as it continues to decimate wild bird populations.

Insider UK

Airbnb host restrictions ‘could cost Scottish economy millions’

Councils must devise a licensing system for short-term rentals by October, with operators required to get a licence by July 2024

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