Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms

Greenock harbour sparking a rescue mission.Coastguards raced to Victoria Harbour after the alarm was raised at around 19:50pm last night, Saturday August 22.Large crowds gathered to watch after becoming concerned that the bottlenose whales were stuck.Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team and Police Scotland arrived on the scene and stayed until the early hours as they worked to free the pod.The whales have left the harbour and are being closely monitored.The Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team said:

Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Fred MacAulay are among a group of performers calling on the Scottish government to provide emergency funding to help Scotland’s comedy scene survive the Covid-19 pandemic.

The SNP must be 'honest' about the economic reality of Scottish independence in a post-Covid world, pro-Union campaigners have said. It comes as the Scottish Government prepares to publish its annual GERS report this week, which estimates the difference between what Scotland raises in taxation and what is spent on its public services.

Wheel of Fortune host bought the house in Edinburgh’s upmarket Morningside for £545,000 in 2016.In June, Leslie, 55, put the detached villa on the market for offers over £610,000.Property records show he has made a hefty £170,000 on the house after it sold for £715,000 last month.The home, which was built in 2003, has three bedrooms and a back garden boasting views of the city skyline.Ralph Hendrie Legal’s sales brochure said the house has a garden that “overlooks The Hermitage of Braid and

Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have cut short their holiday in Scotland.It comes after photos of them camping were published by the Daily Mail earlier this week.The prime minister had defied calls to return to Westminster early to face the A-Level and GCSE results fiasco, which resulted in a major U-turn from the government.But according to The Sun, the prime minister and his family were forced to abandon their break at a remote three-bedroom house on the north-west coast.The paper

The 18 National Academy athletes will receive weekly coaching at the National Curling Academy in Stirling.

Scottish independence in the future, the Deputy First Minister has said. John Swinney hit back at a comment from Tory minister Michael Gove who had questioned whether the voting franchise should remain the same as the 2014 referendum.

Low-income families with a child under six will be able to apply for £10 per child, per week to assist with living costs from November, with payments to start from the end of February 2021. Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell announced the update as part of a statement to Parliament on the Child Poverty Second Year Progress Report.

Child Trust Fund accounts (CTFs) are released for the first time. The accounts were introduced by former Chancellor Gordon Brown two decades ago for children born between 2002 and 2011 to help them invest in their future.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox every Friday.Nicola Sturgeon said there are no outbreaks of coronavirus in primary schools after concerns pupils were testing positive.The First Minister confirmed more cases since the return to class full time in Scotland last week, but said they were linked to communities rather than schools."We are not seeing outbreaks in primary schools, we are seeing individual cases of primary school aged

students at Scottish universities in 2020. With an ongoing pandemic putting a dampener on Freshers' Week, and social distancing making life in halls less communal, many students will be finding themselves in their digs more often.And when you're stuck indoors you need to find ways to entertain yourself.Yes, there's Netflix.

independence with 55% for Yes, a new poll suggests.The survey by Panelbase reflects a reversal of the 2014 referendum which ended 55-45 in favour of staying in the UK.It was commissioned by pro-indy organisation Business for Scotland and is the latest in a run of polls showing a majority wants to end the Union.Crucially, the latest poll shows a slim pro-indy majority when undecided voters are included in the results.It was based on the same question from 2014 when voters were asked: “Should

holidaymakers in a last-minute dash to beat the 14-day quarantine rule on returning from France.Eurotunnel trains sold out and air fares were up to six times more than normal, although ferries increased capacity.Many Brits were caught off guard by the short notice of the Government deadline – and struggled to make it in time.But one resourceful musical ensemble sailed back over the English Channel on a fishing boat and beat the new quarantine rules by just 10 minutes.The Dunedin Consort, from

Before there was Survivor and The Amazing Race, there was Eco-Challenge. The ultra-endurance race created by Mark Burnett evolved as a television format first on MTV, then on ESPN, eventually making its way to Discovery and then USA.

Perthshire after visitors left a mess at several of its reservoirs. The body said the likes of Loch Turret near Crieff has seen an influx of visitors as lockdown measures have been eased.