seven in ten people in Scotland are not doing as much physical activity as the NHS recommends.
Scots aged 25-34 are the least active according to new survey
UK General Election 2019 – Results
All the results across the UK (including Orkney and Shetland in detail)
Alistair Carmichael Re-Elected as MP for Orkney and Shetland
Alistair Carmichael won the seat for the Liberal Democrats with 10,381. Robert Leslie for the SNP came in second and polled 7,874.
Aberdeen University Professor Elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor John Speakman has been elected a foreign Academician in the Chinese National Academy of Sciences – the first ever from a Scottish University to be elected.
Applying to University ? Don’t Miss the Deadline
the deadline is 15th January for starting in 2020.
Scotland’s Future: Planting Mountaintop Forests
Trees for Life is establishing a 700-acre mountaintop woodland of 100,000 trees at its Dundreggan Conservation Estate in Glenmoriston near Loch Ness.
Orkney Artists Called on to ‘Light the North’ for CLAN Cancer Charity
Each lighthouse will be individually designed and painted by some of the region’s most talented artists
“significant discovery in Orkney” of Early Bronze Age Carved Stones
“This collaborative project with SSEN gives us the opportunity to examine an important prehistoric site that would otherwise not have been excavated.”
General Election 2019 Climate Hustings
The packed room heard from Coilla Drake (Scottish Labour Party), Robert Leslie (Scottish National Party) and standing in for Alistair Carmichael (Scottish Liberal Democrats) was Liam McArthur MSP.
Reporting Unfair Delivery Charges
The Scottish Government in partnership with Trading Standards Scotland and local Trading Standards offices, has set up consumeradvice.scot
