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Scotland is increasin its efforts tae help polis an dug wardens manage dangerous an uncontrolled dogs. The Scottish Government annoonced this plan at the Responsible Dug Awnership Summit last September. The polis an dug wardens will get near £200,000 in fundin. Polis Scotland received £166,000 tae train its officers tae recognise banned breeds. This siller…

The Scottish Government has lodged chynges tae the Hoosin (Scotland) Bill that aim tae rein in risin rents. The new rules wid haud rent hikes in areas wi rent control tae the Consumer Price Index rate plus 1%, altho they canna rise mair than 6% in total. These limits wid coont for rent hikes baith…

Engineers at the University o Glesga hae developed a grundbrakin screen-prinited sensor that can be left tae brak doon in sile efter yaise. The sensor is meant tae track sile traits sic as pH an temperature. It is made fae materials that, whan they decay, serve as plant feed. The sensor is pairt o the…

Scottish halth buirds are spendin mair on private ambulance services as budgets tichten, accordin tae new figures pit oot by UNISON. Data shaws that spendin by five NHS buirds rase fae £0.52 million in 2020/21 tae £1.34 million in 2024/25 – an increase o ower 150%. Whan figurs fae three additional buirds wur added, the…

Scots speakers ower Scotland face daily pressure tae abandon their native tongue in favour o Staundart English durin formal interactions—whither at doctor’s appyntments, bank visits, job interviews, or local cooncil meetins. This enforced code-switchin is a legacy o langstaundin class bias an discrimination, whit haes unjuistly labelled the Scots leid as inferior. Hooanivver, a proponed…

A pan‐European collaboration cryed the ETERNAL project is set tae transform pharmaceutical manufacturin by reducin its environmental fitprint throu sustainable chemical an physical processes. The initiative, that brings thegither saxteen pairtners fae industry, academia, an research institutes, emphasises fu life cycle approaches—fae drug design an manufacture tae product disposal—for tae minimise pollution, resoorce depletion, an…