Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.

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Inside Hartwood Hospital’s overgrown courtyard, a derelict nursing home is being strangled by a net of ivy that creeps up its crumbing facade and vanishes into the tattered roof. A cage of spiked ...

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A total of 36 boats have been fined £140,000 in the last 10 months for entering Scotland's marine protected areas. But campaigners claim the fines are too small and may not be a sufficient deterrent.

The university has continued to argue staff cuts are needed to make ends meet. But a growing cash balance has raised ...

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The boss of a Chinese renewables firm, backed by the SNP to build a controversial factory in Scotland, was named in a bribery scandal, The Ferret has found. Ming Yang Smart Energy announced plans last ...

The Scottish Government has continued to back Ming Yang’s proposed investment at Ardersier despite national security concerns. It’s now being accused of a “staggering” failure of due diligence on the ...

As we drive into east Belfast, union flags on lampposts flap in the wind and murals with startling imagery honour banned paramilitary groups like the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Freedom ...