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Modern Scot is an independent Scottish publication, owned, edited and published from the Highlands.
We write about Scotland as it is lived, governed and made. Our focus is on the practical systems that shape everyday life. We are a small editorial structure, with contributing editors focused on areas including economy, infrastructure, local government and long-form analysis. We often feature guest writers from other Scottish publications.
We are Scottish owned and are not aligned with any political party. Our aim is to give readers clear, useful reporting that explains what is happening, why it matters, and who is affected. We do not chase spectacle. We prefer careful reporting, plain evidence and proper context.
Modern Scot pays close attention to decisions made by councils, public bodies, companies and government agencies. Many of these decisions do not arrive with much noise, but they can shape communities for years.
At its heart, Modern Scot exists to help people understand Scotland more clearly.
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Search Articles60% of Scotland’s News Publications Controlled Outside Scotland and Only 8.5% of Scottish-Owned Titles in Google News
Modern Scot’s ownership census has identified 190 Scottish newspapers, magazines and digital news publications. Of the 179 for which ownership can presently be established, 108 are ultimately controlled outside Scotland and 71 are Scottish-owned or Scottish-controlled. A second divide is emerging in the machinery that decides which of them Scotland is most likely to see. A Scottish name above a newspaper tells the reader where it wishes to be recognised.
Prince Harry and the Difficulty Of Coming Back After A Grand Exit
I first heard that Prince Harry was coming back on the village WhatsApp group. At 7.36 on Thursday morning, Morag posted: PRINCE HARRY IS COMING HOME. There were no details. This was immediately a problem. Effie replied: To Scotland? Morag said: Britain. Elspeth: For good? Morag: Apparently. Agnes: Has he still got a house? Nobody knew. Then Jean, who has an admirable instinct for the practical difficulty hidden inside every international event, wrote: He’ll need a kettle. American ones are different.
Aviemore To Carrbridge Route Moves Closer To Planning Decision After Years Of Delay
A long-promised walking, wheeling and cycling route between Aviemore and Carrbridge is moving closer to a formal planning decision after years of design work, consultation and uncertainty over whether the scheme would be delivered alongside the A9 dualling programme. VIEW MAP The proposal is for a fully segregated non-motorised route running for about 10 kilometres between the two communities, following the B9152, A95 and B9153 corridors.
Shortbread, Superstition And The Law: How Scots Married Before The Modern Wedding
Long before Scottish weddings became affairs of hotel packages, photographers and carefully arranged seating plans, marriage could involve banns from the kirk, a loosened shoe against witchcraft, neighbours supplying the feast and, in some places, a piece of shortbread broken over the bride’s head. The customs survive in an 1894 book that has largely slipped from ordinary reading: Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social, by David Maxwell.
Scotland’s Prisons Hold More Than 8,600 People as Ministers Consider Sentencing and Release Reform
Scotland’s prison system has entered a new policy stage after consultation closed on proposals that could change the use of short custodial sentences, remand, community disposals and prisoner release arrangements. The Scottish Government consultation closed at 23:55 on 20 August against a prison population that has been running well above the estate’s design capacity.
More Than A Third Of Great British Energy Staff Live Outside Scotland Despite Aberdeen Headquarters
More than a third of the people currently working for Great British Energy live outside Scotland, despite Aberdeen being designated as the headquarters of the publicly owned energy company. Figures reported this week show that Great British Energy employs 132 people, of whom 46 live elsewhere in the UK. Only 53 of the total workforce are permanent staff, with the remainder made up of temporary assignments, loans, secondments and contingent workers.
New Livestock Movement Laws Tighten As BSE And Bluetongue Hit Dumfries And Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is confronting two separate livestock disease problems at once, with a new case of classical BSE confirmed in cattle and Scotland’s first cluster of bluetongue virus serotype 3 concentrated around Newton Stewart.
New 50MW Data Centre Rule Gives Ministers Sight of Scotland’s Biggest Projects, but Not the Whole Pipeline
Scotland’s largest proposed data centres will now have to be brought quickly to the attention of ministers, after the Scottish Government introduced a new notification requirement for developments exceeding 50 megawatts of power capacity. The direction, issued on 17 August, requires planning authorities to notify Scottish Ministers within seven days of validating an application for a data centre above the 50MW threshold.
Scotland Declined £20,675 to Restore Five Drug-Wastewater Monitoring Sites
Internal records show the Scottish Government was offered the chance to return five sites to a UK drug-monitoring programme after Home Office funding was cut. Officials said the cost was affordable but advised against paying it. The Scottish Government declined to spend £20,675 to restore five wastewater sites used to monitor illicit-drug consumption, despite officials describing the cost as affordable.
SEPA Plans to Stop Sending Draft Pollution Permit Decisions to People Who Object
Scotland’s environmental regulator is proposing to stop routinely sending draft permit decisions to people who have already objected to or commented on applications involving waste, water and industrial activities. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is consulting on changes to its Public Participation Statement, with responses due by 24 August.