4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (394+ words) UK exports of food and drink to the EU are down by almost a third since Brexit, new statistics show. Research released on Tuesday by the Food and Drink Federation shows exports down 31% on pre-Brexit levels. The research says the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (372+ words) Visitors to a Glasgow museum have recoiled in shock at the price tag for a Highland cow toy in its shop. One local, George, was visiting the Burrell Collection in the Southside were browsing the museum's shop, a tourist hotspot,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (357+ words) A CLONED sheep that helped pave the way for the creation of Dolly the sheep has gone on show at a rural life museum in Scotland. Morag and her identical twin Megan were cloned from the same embryo and were…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (502+ words) PROTESTERS are set to stage a demonstration at Glasgow Prestwick Airport to demand an end to the US military using the site as part of its attacks in the Middle East. The Stop the War Coalition will join the Ayrshire…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (411+ words) A ROW has erupted between farmers and a Russian billionaire in the Highlands over the proposed sale of a 9000-hectare estate. However, a farmers' action group has claimed the sale's fine print has a "significant loophole" designed to deny those…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (920+ words) THE First Minister is facing calls to protect Scotland's wild salmon by declaring an "urgent moratorium" on new fish farms. Members of the Salmon Fishing Club joined forces with community campaigners, conservation charities, animal welfare organisations and others to issue…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1463+ words) SOME 643,000 tonnes of sewage sludge have been spread on Scotland's fields amid mounting evidence that it contains a cocktail of toxic chemicals, The Ferret can reveal. Data we obtained from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) via freedom of information…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (709+ words) LABOUR must not sign away their pre-election pledges on animal welfare in a bid to land a trade deal, politicians, advocates, and trade experts have said. Campaigners pointed to close Keir Starmer ally Steve Reed's explicit 2024 pledge that "Labour will…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (808+ words) MORE than 400 landowners own half of all privately-owned rural land in Scotland, a report has found. The Who Owns Scotland 2025 report said there was a slight decline from 2024, where 421 landowners controlled 50% of rural land. There are now 408 landowners controlling 50%. It…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (551+ words) SCOTLAND'S food and drink export value per capita stands "shoulder-to-shoulder" with some of Europe's biggest economies and outperforms England's, new figures show. In 2024, Scotland exported "7.14 billion worth of food and drink, equivalent to "1288 per person. By contrast, England exported "12.12bn, just…...