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Recent social media activity has shawn a surge in negative comments aimed at supporters o the Scots leid. Critics on platform X hae dismissed Scots as “puir English” an a mere dialect, aften invokin lang-held class-based stereotypes. Sic comments reinforce a nairrae wey o seein Scots that links the leid wi law social status an…

A study by Ukraine’s Main Astronomical Observatory has shed new licht on unco, fast-muivin aerial objects. Yaisin heich-tech imagin methods, scientists observed UAPs—unidentified aerial phenomena—in three gey different settins. The wark pynts oot objects that trot oor skies wi speeds abuin Mach 2.5 an seem as dark as a bare black cloot. In ae set…

In a bauld new muive, Scotland’s Government haes pit oot a revolutionary Community Walth Biggin Bill designed tae boost local economies an create jobs. Hailed as a global first, the legislation compels cooncils, National Health Service buirds, an ither public bodies tae invest directly in community development. The bill mandates that public institutions favour local…

Scottish universities hae experienced a merked rise in admissions o students fae the nation’s maist deprived areas, wi 16.7% o fu-time first degree entrants in 2023-24 comin fae the bottom 20% o areas, accordin tae figures released by the Heicher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This sma yet significant rise fae 16.3% in the previous year…

A lang-held chapter o a mirk past nears its close as a mort-heid, held in Aiberdeen syne the mid-1800s, will suin return tae Tasmania. The remains come fae a young lad liftit fae his land lang syne. On 21 Mairch, a ceremony will be held tae lay the remains tae rest in a traditional ceremony…

Scotland is gearin up tae boost its wind pouer trade as its affshore wind industry ees a potential mercat wirth up tae £100 billion. Ower 100 key stakehauders gaithered in Edinburgh for the Global Affshore Wind Investment Forum, hosted by First Minister John Swinney. Investors, wind developers, an government officials fae aw ower the globe…