By Bill Heaney Exports of Scotch whisky topped £6 billion for the first time last year, figures from the industry showed. Global export data from
Day: February 25, 2023
LEADERSHIP: STV to host live debate between First Minister candidates
Three candidates to become the new SNP leader will go head-to-head on March 7 Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan and Kate Forbes want to be First
FERRY STORY: Ferguson shipyard misses deadline to file accounts
The Ferguson shipyard was nationalised by the SNP government in 2019. By Lucy Ashton The troubled Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow has been warned
EDUCATION: Teachers’ union defends three days of targeted strikes
Teachers in West Dunbartonshire campaigning for ten per cent. Scotland’s largest teachers’ union has defended its decision to stage three days of targeted strike action,
INDUSTRY: Argyll hydro workers vote for strike action
Drax said the strikes at its sites, including Cruachan, would not put supplies at risk. By Lucy Ashton Workers at three hydro-electric plants, including Cruachan
TRAGEDY: Divers recover two bodies from Firth of Clyde after tugboat capsized
IMAGE SOURCE, IAIN CAMERON Emergency crews were called to East India Harbour at about 15:30 on Friday By Bill Heaney Two bodies have been recovered