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Galloway Distillery Plans Major Expansion to Boost Production and Employment

The Crafty Distillery in Galloway, Scotland, with a current annual turnover of £1.1 million, plans to expand its facilities to increase production from 10,000 to 100,000 liters of whisky and double white spirit production, aiming for £2.2 million turnover within a few years by leveraging local inves...

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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Activist Pleads Guilty to Damaging Stone of Destiny Display Case

A 22-year-old activist, Joe Madden, pleaded guilty to damaging a display cabinet containing the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle on November 15, 2023, alongside two other activists, causing \u00a32,798 in damages as part of a protest by the group This is Rigged demanding lower baby milk prices a...

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Zero Hunger
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Stonehenge's Scottish Altar Stone: A Symbol of Failed British Unity

A new theory suggests Stonehenge's stones, sourced from across Britain, including a central altar stone from 700km away in northern Scotland, served as a political statement to unify early farming communities during a period of cultural stress around 2500 BCE, despite the ultimate failure of this un...

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Scottish Actor Jailed for 16 Years for Rape and Stealthing

Luke Ford, a 35-year-old Scottish actor who claimed to be a Brad Pitt body double, was jailed for 16 years for 18 charges of abusing nine women between 2008 and 2020, including rape and the first Scottish conviction for 'stealthing'.

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Gender Equality
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Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mental Illness Hospital Admissions in Scotland

A Scottish study of 202,237 people found a link between increased exposure to nitrogen dioxide and higher hospital admissions for mental illnesses and behavioral disorders, suggesting that stricter environmental regulations could significantly reduce the burden on healthcare.

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Man Jailed for Culpable Homicide After Victim Jumps to Death

Lee Smith was jailed for eight years for the culpable homicide of Jamie Forbes, who jumped to his death from a 12th-story flat in Aberdeen after Smith held him captive and repeatedly assaulted him with a hammer and fists for two days.

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Scottish Charity's Novel Method Boosts Rare Aspen Tree Reproduction

In a Scottish Highlands nature reserve, a charity uses a unique method to make the rare aspen tree flower and produce seeds by stressing 104 specimens in a polytunnel, addressing the species' infrequent natural reproduction and contributing to rewilding efforts across Britain.

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Life on Land
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Scottish LGBT Rights Remain Fragile Despite Legal Advancements

Kezia Dugdale, former Scottish Labour leader, reveals she still feels unsafe holding her wife's hand in public despite the 2014 legalization of same-sex marriage in Scotland, highlighting the fragility of progress despite over 10,000 same-sex couples marrying since then.

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Gender Equality
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Families criticize slow pace of Scotland's Covid death probe

Relatives of over 6,000 people who died in Scotland during the Covid-19 pandemic are criticizing the slow pace of a Crown Office investigation, citing a lack of communication and information, while the investigation is hampered by complex issues and extensive delays.

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Neo-Nazi Jailed for 10 Years for Possessing Weapons and Planning LGBT Attack

Alan Edward, 55, from Redding, Falkirk, was jailed for 10 years for possessing a neo-Nazi "armoury", planning an attack on an LGBT group, and spreading extremist propaganda online between 2017 and 2022.

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Reform UK Removes Scottish Organizer Over Loyalist Ties

Reform UK removed Craig Campbell, its Scottish organizer, following revelations of his father's involvement in Loyalist bombings and his cousin's conviction for murdering a Celtic supporter, along with his offensive social media posts comparing the SNP to Nazis.

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Man Jailed for Attempted Child Abduction in Bathgate

Andrzej Palosz, a 48-year-old Polish national, was jailed for 40 months for attempting to abduct a four-year-old boy in Bathgate, Scotland on May 7th, after claiming to have been influenced by YouTube videos; the boy's mother was left 'extremely shaken and frightened'.

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