Agreements between the UK, EU, Norway and other coastal states secure access to over 80 stocks for British fishing industry. The UK has reached agreement with the EU, Norway and other coastal states on catch opportunities for shared stocks for 2026, including agreements for popular whitefish stocks in the North Sea.
The Defence Secretary met with his US and Australian counterparts in the United States to discuss the progress on AUKUS. AUKUS partnership "full steam ahead" as US review concludes and focus shifts to delivery.
Scotland is facing a maternity crisis that stretches from its largest cities to its most fragile rural communities. What should be the most basic promise of a modern health service — safe, accessible care for mothers and newborns has been undermined by delays, downgrades, staffing shortages, and broken promises.
If you're going to a US‑hosted World Cup when do you buy dollars or other currencies for Canada and Mexico. Here are some of the trade‑offs and what to consider if deciding when to get USD for the trip.
Great British Energy backs renewable schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Additional £12 million funding for devolved governments from Great British Energy.
Veterans whose experiences in the armed forces have left them affected by trauma will be able to access mental health support thanks to Scottish Government funding. Minister for Veterans Graeme Dey announced the funding of £645,000 on a visit to Combat Stress, the UK's leading veterans’ mental health charity, in Glasgow.
New figures from National Records of Scotland show that life expectancy in Scotland has increased in the latest three-year period (2022-2024)*. This is welcome progress.
The government will prioritise UK medical graduates for training places from 2026 as part of efforts to bring an end to industrial action by resident doctors. Substantial offer put to BMA in bid to end resident doctors strikes once and for all.
People who care for more than one disabled person may be eligible for a new Scotland-only payment. Carer Additional Person Payment, worth up to £520 a year, will be available from March 2026.
Scotland's first confidential helpline for victims and survivors of economic abuse has been launched by Financially Included, an organisation that supports women to recover from a controlling and often hidden form of gender-based violence. As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign draws to a close, Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan visited East Renfrewshire to find out more about Financially Included’s Purple Phone Helpline, part of a new economic abuse pilot project supported by Scottish Government funding.
It follows assurances at Holyrood which were seen as a big victory for mums-to-be hoping for better local access without heading to Raigmore in Inverness to give birth. Campaigners for better access to maternity services in Caithness fear the SNP Government is pulling back from a promised review.
For 60 years, the Highlands and Islands have been the focus of one of the UK's most distinctive long-term regional development efforts. Since the creation of the Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) in 1965—and its evolution into Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in 1991.
Free support to get people online is rolling out in communities in every region of the country. 80 innovative digital skills and support schemes receive government funding to help most vulnerable in communities get online with confidence.
Communities on the island of Mull, the V&A Dundee and King's Church in Aberdeen are amongst 23 local projects being awarded a share of £1.8 million to deliver renewable energy projects. The funding will enable community groups to generate their own power through renewable energy projects such as wind turbines and solar, while giving successful applicants the ability to earn money from their projects by selling excess energy generated.
For decades, the politics of the American countryside looked predictable with deep red on the electoral map, steady Republican majorities, and a rural culture that often saw the Democratic Party as increasingly urban, coastal, and distant from farm life. Yet in recent years, the ground beneath that political map has shifted—quietly, unevenly, but meaningfully.
A summary of the 2025 Scottish Productivity Index (produced by CBI Scotland and Addleshaw Goddard, in collaboration with the Fraser of Allander Institute) published 10 December 2025. Over the past few years, the "productivity puzzle" has loomed large over Scotland's economy.
In recent months, a clear message has been emerging from consumer-spending. Data credit-card use is slipping, and it's doing so at a pace that economists and lenders haven’t seen in years.
A prison building boom is underway across the country as the Government presses ahead with the biggest jail expansion programme since the Victorian era. 5,000 new prison places under construction - part of biggest expansion in over a century Thousands of new jobs created nationwide, boosting local economies.
Trading Standards have launched a new channel on TikTok as well as on Facebook, X, Instagram, Bluesky and Linkedin for information about the latest scams and consumer issues. The A-Z of Scams: an A-Z list of common scams to be aware of this winter.
Over the last couple of weeks there have been reports from across Scotland of cold callers who tell householders that urgent work needs carried out on their roof. In addition as well as rogue traders who have been contracted to carry out a small repair job to a roof, and then tell the homeowner that they have found further work that needs to be done immediately.
