Scotland Approves £13 Million for Electric Coaches Built in China

Scotland’s expanding electric coach network is attracting millions of pounds in private investment, increasing the number of services between Glasgow and the Highlands, and offering some passengers…

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The Scottish Business Making Money From Unwanted Laboratory Equipment

A business operating from the south of Scotland is building an expanding commercial operation around something most research institutions would prefer to get rid of: unwanted laboratory equipment.

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German Giant Takes Over Scottish Firm Ceres Holographics

A Scottish company developing technology that could change how drivers see information through their windscreens has been acquired by one of Germany’s largest optical technology groups…

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Scotland Plans Fishing Restrictions Across 166 Marine Areas

Scotland is considering new restrictions on commercial fishing across 166 marine sites and proposed management areas, with the Scottish Government’s own economic assessment estimating that the more…

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Nearly Half of Scotland’s Flowering Plant Species Are Declining

Nearly half of Scotland’s flowering plant species have declined in distribution over the past 50 years, prompting the launch of a national conservation strategy intended to halt the losses by 2030 and...

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Did Automated Shutoffs Make Scotland’s Power Crisis Worse?

More than 22,000 homes and businesses in northern Scotland remained without electricity on Monday morning, 26 October, after Storm Boelo swept across the country with winds reaching 85mph.

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The Race to Turn Blood Into Powder: America’s New Medical Research and Scotland’s Forgotten Wartime Laboratories

Scientists are moving closer to one of the most ambitious developments in transfusion medicine: human blood components that can be dried, stored without refrigeration and restored for emergency…

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The Race to Turn Blood Into Powder: America’s New Medical Research and Scotland’s Forgotten Wartime Laboratories

Scientists are moving closer to one of the most ambitious developments in transfusion medicine: human blood components that can be dried, stored without refrigeration and restored for emergency…

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Pentagon Orders 90-Day Survival Planning for Major U.S. Military Bases

UNITED STATES — 26 October 2026. The Pentagon is preparing America’s major military installations to operate for at least 90 days without outside support if a major war disrupts civilian electricity…

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Scottish Council and NHS Websites Went Dark Over a Software Flaw First Identified in 2024

A security weakness first identified by software developers in 2024 remained unresolved until October 2026, when a worldwide emergency forced Scottish councils, NHS health boards and other public…

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Spain Warns of Jihadist Calls for Attacks During Demonstrations in Four European Countries — But Were France and Italy Notified?

Spanish security officials detected online calls for jihadist attacks against police officers and demonstrators in four European countries on 23 October 2026, raising questions about whether the…

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Sanctioned Russian-Linked Oil Tanker Sparks Emergency Alert in Storm West of Scotland

A tanker subject to British, American and European Union sanctions sent a reported maritime distress alert in the North Atlantic west of Scotland on Saturday, 24 October 2026, as Storm Boelo brought…

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Scottish Scientists Connected Living Brain Cells to Computer Chips in 2009 — Now Biological Data Centres Are Becoming a Reality

Scientists in Scotland were cultivating living nerve cells on electronic interfaces and recording their electrical signals in 2009, nearly two decades before experimental data centres in Australia and...

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Jackdaw Cleared to Produce Gas Off Scotland After Fresh Climate Assessment

First gas is expected within weeks from the North Sea development. Its Scottish connections run through offshore jobs, engineering suppliers and St Fergus, while the government’s assessment accepts…

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Microsoft Quits UK Data Centre Over Grid Delays as Scotland Faces Its Own 9.7GW AI Power Queue

Microsoft has withdrawn from a major British artificial intelligence data-centre agreement after electricity connection delays reportedly pushed the site’s expected power supply into the 2030s.

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Scotland’s NHS West Would Inherit 74% of the Poorest Neighbourhoods as Data Centres and Power Grid Expansion Raise New Health Questions

Scotland’s proposed division of the NHS into East and West would place nearly three-quarters of the country’s most deprived neighbourhoods inside the western region. At the same time…

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From Wireless to Wi-Fi: Scotland’s Century of BBC Licence…

A parliamentary committee wants the television licence extended beyond traditional broadcasting as the £180 annual charge enters its second century…

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Starlink’s Treatment of Scotland: Good Enough to Pay, Not…

More than 15,000 Scottish customers have signed up to Starlink satellite broadband, including thousands in communities where conventional internet…

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Starlink’s Treatment of Scotland: Good Enough to Pay, Not…

More than 15,000 Scottish customers have signed up to Starlink satellite broadband, including thousands in communities where conventional internet…

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Scotland’s Neighbours Are Still Trusted, but Fewer People…

People across Scotland continue to express considerable trust in their neighbours, but the proportion meeting socially at least once a week has fallen to…

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58 Fish Rescued from Airdrie Stream as £8.6 Million Sewer…

Fifty-eight fish were rescued from a stream in Airdrie and moved to safety before construction began on part of an £8.6 million sewer upgrade supporting…

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Scottish Water Is Rebuilding the Landscape Around Scotlan…

Excavators have been working across the hills surrounding some of Scotland’s most important drinking water reservoirs, filling old drainage channels…

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From One Minibus to Public Ownership: D&E Coaches Takes O…

A Highland coach company that began nearly 30 years ago with a single minibus is preparing to take over Stagecoach’s bus operations in Thurso and Wick…

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Scotland Helped Pioneer Nuclear Power. So Why Does it Opp…

Scotland helped establish Britain’s nuclear industry, building experimental reactors, electricity-generating stations and an engineering workforce that…

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Glasgow Drone Firm Flies 14km Round Trip to Offshore Wind…

A Glasgow aviation technology company has completed a series of drone flights from the British coastline to an operational offshore wind farm and back…

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Four Giant Tidal Turbines Planned for Orkney Could Genera…

Four enormous floating tidal turbines could soon operate together in the powerful currents surrounding Orkney, generating enough electricity to meet the…

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Thornton Faces Five-Month Bridge Closure as Bus Routes Di…

Residents of Thornton in Fife face months of changed journeys from Monday, 19 October, when Main Street closes completely to vehicles for the replacement…

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