UK Government must take ‘clear and robust action’ over spiralling energy costs. Election2026 SNP candidates for the Highlands and Islands region have called for action to mitigate spiralling energy costs as they warn of “acute pressure” on homes and businesses. In a joint statement they ar…

UK Government must take 'clear and robust action' over spiralling energy costs. Election2026 theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/20/u...

Visit the monster lurking at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87.

The image at the end of the video — the first image ever of a black hole — was released in 2019 by the EHT collaboration, a network of observatories that includes ALMA.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1907/

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A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

seaweeds, including mearl grass off Stromness

under Stromness harbour ... all coming back to life

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd Two court cases last month illustrate how confusion over legal definitions are feeding into a culture of poor driving standards, says law professor Sally Kyd

or just to try and make the point

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you really need to stop indulging McKenna, most of his stuff is just unreadable tosh but this could do serious harm - ask anyone who has cycled on a regular basis in Glasgow

like others, I subscribe, I really want to support Scottish journalism but you really don't make it easy

well ... practice makes perfect and all that

Yes, my mother has dementia and over 5 minutes will say what comes into her mind almost at random and then either repeat or contradict herself. Fortunately she's well looked after in a nursing home, not pretending to run a massive country

This map of carbon intensity shows the reality of renewable energy production in Britain @scottishbeacon.bsky.social

almost worth staying in the UK rather than independence just to see the utter meltdown by Chris Mason and the rest of the official commentariat

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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Pretty much sums it up

BBC news editors be like: "Does ANYONE here actually have the phone number for the Greens? Someone must have it surely."

one of the wierdest consequences of religion in Glasgow was finding that the old CPGB was seen as a Protestant party and while it took votes in say Govan it had no base in the East End

Seo agaibh deagh dhòighean gus pàirt a ghabhail ann an Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026! // Here are some fun ways to get involved in Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026! seachdainnagaidhlig.scot/news/
#SeachdainNaGàidhlig

I see Toys-R-Us are marketing their new Shadow Home Secretary Dressing Up Kit (ages 5-8).
It comes with podium, name plate, dummy microphone, smart suit and an idiot.😊

this, and the energy charging system imposed by the UK Govt, is the primary driver for why we need independence. Its feasible the landlords would capture an iScotland govt but we'd get the chance to ensure it was discussed.

think it'll be a while before the Starmer bunch take up this issue?

Latest odds on Nadhim’s man who looked like he may be violent & hadn’t slept for a week:
The artist formerly known as Prince Andrew 2/1
John Inman 3/1
Lee Anderson 4/1
Ronnie Pickering 5/1
Thomas Frank 7/1
Me 7/1
Sir Jim Ratcliffe 8/1
Ann Widdecombe 9/1
Rylan 9/1
Chris Mason 20/1

yep, we want blue tents .. I mean if they are needed when you are accused of stealing money from your own party surely they are needed when you loot from the entire country?

Were broadcast journalists deployed to the the search of Peter Mandelson's home to report on what was happening? Were uniformed police officers deployed, a cordon raised and a body tent raised at its entrance?

No, writes Abbi Garton-Crosbie ✍️

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

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She’s quite simply arguing for the destruction of the social safety net. We pay collectively for a better fairer society. If we only pay for what we get, we all end up with nothing. That a Labour chancellor should be so intellectually lacking on this issue shows the depth to which the party has sunk

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

Panel One. Two figures walk up a hill in a park. One walks in front and the other is walking a dog Front "My new year's resolution is to stop lending books" Dog-walker "Really?" Panel Two. Front, becoming agitated "It's just not worth the risk: cracked spines! Bent corners! Torn pages! Grubby fingers! Crumbs! Baths! Burglars! Rats! Children!! I can't allow such precious artefacts to fall into the careless hands of clumsy philistines!" Panel Three. Dog-walker "And how do the other librarians feel about this?" Front "Less supportive Than I'd hoped."

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Oh worth pointing out this is because the SNP led Glasgow city council wants to take ownership of the buses and they hope Labour will stop it

Tour guide at Mar-a-Lago:
‘If you look up in the far right corner, 3 rows down, you should be able to see President Trump’s European Figure Skating Champion Trophy of 2022. Below that his ‘Neatest Handwriting in Class Award of 2013. Oh & there’s his FA Cup winners medal etc etc’

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An important voice here from the German media on the misrepresentation of the independence movement in Scotland by the BBC