Mosquitoes reported from all across Scotland by citizen science project

A woman standing with hands held out in front of her holding a conical, fabric-and-plastic object hanging from a tree, an apparatus for studying mosquitoes. A man smiles in the background. Both of them stand underneath trees.

Efforts to find and trap mosquitoes across Scotland are being led by Dr Georgia Kirby (pictured, right) and PhD Scholar ...

Middle East

Police arrest Palestine Action suspect for damaging Trump’s golf course

March 14, 2025

Scottish police arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of participating in the vandalism of US President Donald Trump’s golf course in ...

Two men shaking hands in a riverside location in the West of Scotland, with motorway bridge passing overhead in their vicinity

Environmental Policies

Heat-from-wastewater initiative gets underway in Scotland

March 13, 2025

Ross McLory (left) Head of Business Development for Industrial and Commercial at SSE Energy Solutions and Donald MacBrayne, Business Development ...

World News

How a plan to land £100m of cocaine on a Highland beach went wrong

February 19, 2025

Thirty-five years ago, one drug dealer believed he had a fool proof plan to smuggle uncut Colombian cocaine directly into ...

Us & Canada

Scotland frees hundreds of inmates as U.K. grapples with prison overcrowding crisis

February 18, 2025

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the ...

The court heard how two witnesses saw a lurcher chasing a deer from a field into a car park at Olrig cemetery. Picture: Stock

Wildlife & Conservation

Man who used knife to slaughter deer his dog had savaged is fined – as he becomes first person in Scotland convicted under new hunt laws

February 15, 2025

A man has become the first person in Scotland to be convicted under new hunting laws after he slaughtered a ...

Climate Change

Storm Èowyn brings hurricane-level destruction to Ireland » Yale Climate Connections

January 24, 2025

The same low-pressure system that brought historic snowfall to the U.S. Gulf Coast early this week intensified into an extremely ...

Wildlife & Conservation

Two lynx caught after illegal release in Scotland – here’s what happened

January 15, 2025

Two Eurasian lynx were spotted just after 4pm on Wednesday 8 January in the Drumguish area of the Highlands in ...

World News

Your striking pictures of snow and frost across UK

January 4, 2025

Parts of the UK have been met with wintry scenes heading into the weekend, as frosty weather and snow make ...

World News

Snow and icy rain likely to disrupt parts of UK

January 4, 2025

Heavy snow and freezing rain are expected to hit parts of England and Wales this weekend, with the Met Office ...

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