81%-full Hillhead school closed on an educational benefit statement copied from Arbroath? Who needs a law?

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(Updated) The decision from the Education Secretary to close Hillhead Primary school in Wick, demonstrates – yet again – that what is wrong Continue reading

RSPB Scotland welcomes government blueprint for decision taking on offshore renewables

The Scottish Government has just published a blueprint to streamline Continue reading

CalMac ‘Last of the Summer’ promotional prize draw

In an initiative to boost the shoulder extension of the holiday season, CalMac Continue reading

Kintyre Chinook crash issue even more serious – Fox to report to Parliament on Philip Report on Wednesday

This matter is even more serious than the posthumous wrong done to the two pilots killed in this crash. At the heart of it is the issue of airworthiness and safety procedures at the Ministry of Defence, through from inadequate contract terms, to post-acquisition testing, to validation and verification of airworthiness, to release to service.