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Scotland Propones Rent Cap for Easin Tenant Waes
Da Scottish Government has lodged chynges tae da Hoosin (Scotland) Bill dat aim tae rein in risin rents. Da new rules wid haad rent hikes in areas wi rent control tae da Consumer Price Index rate plus 1%, altho dey canna rise mair dan 6% in total. Dese limits wid coont for rent hikes baith…
Biodegradable Sile Sensors Promise Greener, Smairter Fairmin
Engineers at da University o Glesga hae unveiled a grundbrakin screen-printed sensor dat can be left tae brak doon in sile efter uise. Da sensor is meant tae track sile traits sic as pH an temperature. It is made frae materials dat, whan dey decay, serve as plant feed. Da sensor is pairt o da…
Unison Warns o Soarin Private Ambulance Costs Amid Scottish NHS Fundin Boost
Scottish halth buirds are spendin mair on private ambulance services as budgets tichten, accoont tae new figurs released by UNISON. Data shaws dat spendin by five NHS buirds rase fa £0.52 million in 2020/21 tae £1.34 million in 2024/25 – an increase o ower 150%. Fan figures fae three additional buirds wir added, da total…
“Speak Proper!”: Da Langstaundin Classism Haudin Scots Spikkers Wheesht an da Howp o New Legislation
Scots spikkers ower Scotland confront daily pressure tae forsake deir native leid in favour o Standart English durin formal interactions—whidder at doctor’s appyntments, bank visits, job interviews, or local cooncil meetins. Dis enforced code-switchin is a legacy o langstaundin class bias an discrimination, whit haes unjustly branded da Scots leid as inferior. Hooanivver, a proponed…
ETERNAL Project Targets Greener Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
A pan‐European collaboration cryed da ETERNAL project is set tae transform pharmaceutical manufacturin by reducin its environmental fitprint throu sustainable chemical an physical processes. Da initiative, dat brings tagidder saxteen pairtners frae industry, academia, an research institutes, emphasises fu life cycle approaches—frae drug design an manufacture til product disposal— for tae minimise pollution, resoorce depletion,…
Fae Social Media Attacks tae Pairlamentary Pledge: Da Fecht for da Scots Leid
Recent social media activity has shawn a surge in negative comments aimed at supporters o da 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 nairae wey o seein Scots dat links da leid wi laa social status an…