The Scottish and UK governments have said they are hopeful workers facing redundancy in Grangemouth will quickly be offered new jobs. About 400 jobs are expected to go when the refinery closes next year. Unions have accused ministers of failing to plan properly for a “just transition”, and said thousandsContinue Reading
A final decision is due to be made later on a controversial proposal to build a resort on the shores of Loch Lomond. The proposal – which features a waterpark and monorail – by theme park operator Flamingo Land has faced strong opposition since it was submitted in 2018. TheseContinue Reading
A decision is drawing near on whether the Commonwealth Games will return to Glasgow in 2026.Commonwealth Games Scotland has offered Glasgow as a back-up plan if games organisers cannot find another host nation – 10 years after the city last hosted a Games hailed by organisers as the best ever.However the costContinue Reading
The great energy transition is taking place all over the world. But there can be few countries which present as many opportunities, challenges and dilemmas as Scotland. On one hand, there are “natural resources that are the envy of the world” offering “a golden ticket for UK growth”. That wasContinue Reading
Francesca Murphy was still in her school uniform when she was admitted to an adult mental health ward. She was 18, still in school and extremely scared. Mind Cymru said there were concerns about staff shortages, care planning and the use of restraints at mental health inpatient units across Wales.Continue Reading
Plans for a new tram that could eventually stretch across Cardiff have been revealed. It is hoped that the first stage of Cardiff Crossrail, connecting the city’s central station with the bay, will be built by early 2029. Cardiff council, which is working with Transport for Wales (TfW) to buildContinue Reading
A three-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after a rare combination of common childhood illnesses meant his heart started shutting down. Vickie Julian, 37, from Brecon, Powys, first took her son to the GP on 16 June thinking it was a cold, but days later Freddie was rushedContinue Reading
First Minister Eluned Morgan says she will “undoubtedly fall out” with the UK Labour government as she tries to realise her own plans for Wales. She told BBC Politics Wales that as first minister she would have a “country first, party second” approach. Asked whether she would be prepared to have difficultContinue Reading
A boarded-up flat linked to the suspected murder of a young woman has been described as “a living nightmare”. The remains of Chloe Mitchell, 21, were found almost a week after she went missing in Ballymena last summer. A flat at James Street has remained boarded up and vacant sinceContinue Reading
Funding for Londonderry and Strabane’s city deal will be in the bank and ready for spending later this week, the Foyle MP Colum Eastwood has said. The city deal, one of four in Northern Ireland, had been in doubt after it emerged on Friday that the UK government had paused fundingContinue Reading
