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Anger as English academic calls for trees to replace Scottish grouse moors

LANDOWNERS should rip out Scotland’s heather moorland and replace them with forests, according to an English scientist. Sir David Read, an emeritus professor of plant...

Victory for freedom of information

By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH ministers have backed down in their bid to stop the country’s information commissioner from accessing their files. Lawyers for the government were...

Council blunder plunges residents into the red

By Cara Sulieman A COUNCIL cock-up left many residents out of pocket when their tax payment was taken out of their bank account two days...

Group petition for law to stop future Brandon Muir cases

By Cara Sulieman A GROUP set up in memory of Brandon Muir are to have their child protection petition heard before a committee of the...

Smelly bus stops hit the capital

By Cara Sulieman NOT for nothing was Edinburgh once dubbed Auld Reekie. With the ongoing bin strikes seeing stinking rubbish littering the streets, and rush-hour traffic...

Little girl reunited with her pet cat

By Cara Sulieman A LITTLE girl who lost her pet cat on the same day as her doting granddad’s funeral has been re-united with the...

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