ScotRail criticised over plans to reduce number of trains in Dumfries and Galloway

Cambo field is already licensed for exploration but two oil companies, Siccar Point and Shell, are now bidding to start extracting up to 170 billion barrels of oil over the next 25 years. The drilling licence has become a touchstone issue in the run-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.

more firms may go bust this week. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs energyadvice.scot, said regulator Ofgem will ensure that any households affected will be automatically switched to a new supplier with no loss of energy and no loss of any money owed.

The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey runs from September 20 to 26 and there will be online and outdoor events across the country with the Threave feeders being streamed online on Wednesday.

Sending love to Laurie! Ewan McGregor gave his and Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s 2-month-old son a shoutout during his acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 19.

Scottish Government suggesting they are meeting targets. Former nurse Liz Barrie, whose pain is so bad she has contemplated taking her own life, accused health ministers of creating “sham” statistics by failing to reveal the true extent of the scandal.

pet. Neil and Lucy Henderson had all but given up hope of finding missing feline Forbes after he vanished in Aberdeen in March 2011.

Scottish Labour 's health spokesperson Jackie Baillie said government ministers can't deny they didn't know about the situation after it being highlighted in parliament and in the media for several months. The First Minister announced at Holyrood yesterday that the Army is being called in to help deal with the crisis after reports people had died while waiting hours for paramedics to arrive.

Scotland’s Minister for Mental Wellbeing Kevin Stewart told the Standard the government was investing £120 million to transform services in response to the mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and with the aim of reducing waiting times for (CAMHS) and psychological therapies.He said: “We know that demand for these services is continuing to increase and delivering service improvements can only be achieved with the right workforce capacity and capability.

Homeless Project Scotland were packing up at the charity's soup kitchen on Argyle Sreet on Wednesday night when they saw the man collapse. The trained volunteers suspected the man was suffering from an overdose and administered naloxone - a medicine that works to reverse an opioid overdose.

coronavirus case among pupils in the first two weeks of term. New figures from a freedom of information request by the PA news agency submitted to Public Health Scotland (PHS) show that 1,455 schools in Scotland recorded a positive case between August 16 and August 27, the first two weeks of term - 58.7% of all schools.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the latest big name on the high street to offer cash incentives to motivate new and existing customers to stay with them, fending off fierce competition from HSBC, Nationwide, Santander, LLoyds and Virgin Money. RBS is offering £150 to new and existing customers who switch and stay by 5pm on November 18, 2021.

house price in Scotland has reached a record high after climbing to £177,166 in July. Figures from the UK House Price Index show the price is a 14.6% rise on July 2020 and a 2% increase from June this year.

SNP Health Secretary said people should think twice before calling 999 for a paramedic due to the current pressures on the NHS. While he pledged any additional cash that could be found would be spent trying to ease the pressure on the health service, the Health Secretary conceded it "will be a challenging autumn and winter".In light of that, he said people should consider whether it is "absolutely critical" for them to call for an ambulance.

Inbetweeners star James Buckley and his Scots wife Clair had their YouTube followers in stitches in their latest video, as the pair attempted (very badly) to put a TV on the wall. James Buckley - who played fan favourite loudmouth Jay Cartwright in the Channel 4 show - and his wife had to buy a new TV after theirs exploded.

murderer who hurled boiling water over prison officers has died in jail. Asif Rehman was an inmate at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire when he passed away on Monday, according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).

Glasgow teen Aidan Pilkington.The 18-year-old was killed after being knocked down on Crow Road at around 12.20am on Saturday, September 11.Dozens of heartfelt tributes have poured in for the popular McDonald’s worker, who was due to move to Dundee for university next weekend.His heartbroken family have released a statement through Police Scotland and said he was looking forward to the ‘bright future’ he had created for himself.They said: “Aidan was treasured by his family, and well loved and

Inverclyde. Scotrail confirmed that trains between Port Glasgow and Gourock were suspended by the incident after the incident.

Gordon Ramsay took over the lease at a landmark restaurant. The sweary superchef - who fronted hit show Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares - is set to open his first Edinburgh restaurant after taking over premises currently occupied by trendy eatery The Refinery.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterWest Lothian Council has imposed a new 40mph speed limit on roads approaching a busy roundabout.The move is said to “help reduce accident frequency and severity in the area and make the roundabout and surrounding roads safer for all users.”A statutory process is set to get underway which will see the speed limit on all roads approaching the A801 Boghead Roundabout to be set at the

cops want to carry guns amid shock figures showing 40 per cent of officers had been assaulted in the last year. The findings published today by 1919 Magazine reveal 53 per cent of Scots police ranked a handgun in the top five pieces of protective equipment they 'would like'.