Dogs’ dinners can have greater climate impact than owners’ Dogs fed on premium, meat-rich pet food can have a bigger dietary carbon pawprint than their owners, according to the... 8 January 2026
Deadline nears for heritage funding bids Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is encouraging local authorities and not-for-profit organisations to apply to the next round of its Heritage... 7 January 2026
Community Ownership Brings Oakbank Inn Back to Life as Pub Reopens in Sandbank The Oakbank Inn, a historic Argyll pub that had stood empty for almost three years, has officially reopened under... 7 January 2026
Leading Burns Scholar Joins Campaign to Save Birthplace of Auld Lang Syne As millions sang Auld Lang Syne at midnight on Hogmanay, the scholar who proved Burns is worth over £200 million... 7 January 2026
Forestry values fall by a third as Scotland’s rural land market continues to cool New figures from the Scottish Land Commission show Scotland’s rural land market continued to cool in 2024, with fewer large-scale... 6 January 2026
Dunkeld and Birnam’s Climate Café now a Global Movement Ten years after the world’s first Climate Café opened in the Perthshire villages of Dunkeld and Birnam, the grassroots idea... 6 January 2026
A new study reveals breakthrough in barley genetics Scientists from The James Hutton Institute were members of a multi-national team, led by Carlsberg Research Laboratory, investigating ways to... 16 December 2025
Scottish Government Small Producers Pilot Fund – Capital Grants The Scottish Government Small Producers Pilot Fund is providing £500,000 in capital funding in 2025/26 to support small producers sectors in... 10 December 2025
Excellence celebrated at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2025 A school which has taken lessons on climate change out of the classroom and into the real world, and a... 8 December 2025
Marine plan for Shetland A plan setting out how Shetland’s seas will be managed sustainably to support local communities, protect marine life and tackle... 5 December 2025