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First Minster Nicola Sturgeon was at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland, to launch a £60m innovation fund to develop a low carbon infrastructure, such as electric battery capacity and electric vehicle charging in Scotland. The Scottish Government wants to end all diesel and petrol usage by 2032. The First Minister said: “For centuries, Scotland has been home to many great inventions and I want this technological innovation to be renewed for the future. I want us to be world leaders...

Scottish Labour MSP Anas Sarwar and Central Scotland member Richard Leonard have announced their candidacy for the position of party leader. The Glasgow representative, Sarwar, said he was "ready to unite our party and lead us back to power". The race is on after the surprise resignation of Kezia Dug dale. Mr Sarwar said : "This is an election that nobody wanted or expected, and I would once again like to pay tribute to Kezia Dugdale for her dedicated service. "Labour...

Jacob Rees-Mogg's chances of becoming the next Prime Minister lie in ruins after the Tory MP said he is against gay marriage and abortion in any circumstances. The North East Somerset MP made the controversial comments in an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain this morning, saying he completely opposed abortion and believed it should never be an option even if a woman has become pregnant as a result of rape. His remarks caused outrage this morning. https://twitter.com/danrobear/status/905351324841201664 https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/905340319931260928 https://twitter.com/sunny_hundal/status/905370537580531712 But this reaction...

Union protests at £29 million public contract award to blacklisting firm Sir Robert McApline GMB, the union for construction workers, has voiced opposition to the awarding of a contract to refurbish Big Ben, to Sir Robert McAlpine Limited, the company at the heart of blacklisting scandal in the construction industry. Victims of blacklisting by the construction industry, who were awarded a £75m out-of-court settlement in 2016, have demanded a police investigation into their claims that key executives tried to pervert...

A bug's life was one previously thought to be blighted by poor eyesight - not so say university boffins. But a new study has found insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously believed. Scientists had long thought insects could not see images in high resolution because of their compound eyes - which together capture thousands of pixelated images of the surrounding world. However, researchers from Sheffield University's Department of Biomedical Science together with scientists in Beijing,...

A FOI request has uncovered a huge waste of public money by central government. The Huffington Post reported that Tory Minsters have spent £400k on chauffeurs just to bring their red boxes to and from work These vehicles carry no passengers just the red box that contains the ministers’ workload. Ex-PM vowed to clamp down on this exact waste of resources, but it clear not much, if anything, has been done about it. It is another example of Government waste,...

There has been concern over a number of years over the amount of pesticides and other toxins used in our fruit and veg production. Now an official investigation has found that 84 per cent of fruit and veg given out to school kids have tested positive for toxic chemicals. The tests found traces of pesticide in apples, bananas, carrots, pears, satsumas, tomatoes and raisins destined for four to six-year-olds. Two million kids get free fruit every year as part of...

It doesn’t seem five minutes since the weather reporters were getting almost excited at the prospect of warmer weather arriving to the UK for the summer; the smell of freshly cut grass, along with the busy humming of many a pollinating insect filling the air. Now, as we enter the ninth month of the calendar year, the temperature will soon plummet and the nights will begin to draw in. This is not a time to be down, quite the opposite....

Film studies, media studies and drama have been ranked among the most "pointless degrees" according to new research. The study found acting was the top waste of time, followed by outdoor adventure and environment and office skills. One in four graduates now regret having gone to university, the research shows. The most common reasons to rue time spent in further education are paying too much for their degree, wasting their time and making bad choices such as not choosing subject...