News

xriversidemuseum r
News

Bid to reveal secret owners of Scottish land

FIVE years ago David Cameron spent a rainy summer weekend on Jura. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303599.Bid_to_reveal_secret_owners_of_Scottish_land/

xriversidemuseum r
News

Pay hike ‘absorbs’ £50m college merger savings

ALL of the savings generated by a Scotland-wide college merger programme will be ‘absorbed’ by higher wages for staff . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303613.Pay_hike____absorbs______50m_college_merger_savings/

xriversidemuseum r
News

Langholm named best town for quality of life

IT is chiefly known as the birthplace of the poet Hugh MacDiarmid and the ancestral home of the first man to walk upon...

xriversidemuseum r
News

New fall in sightings of frogs and toads

Sightings of frogs and toads in gardens have declined as ponds vanish, survey results from tens of thousands of households suggest. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303564.New_fall_in_sightings_of_frogs_and_toads/

xriversidemuseum r
News

Ghostly forests spring up all over Scotland as moths get set to fly

THEY are the ‘ghostly’ forests of cobwebbed trees whose spectre haunts woodlands throughout Europe. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303135.Ghostly_forests_spring_up_all_over_Scotland_as_moths_get_set_to_fly/

xriversidemuseum r
News

Children travelling to school by car exposed to twice as much pollution as those who walk

CHILDREN driven to school by car are exposed to twice as much traffic pollution as pupils walking along busy roads, research reveals today....

xriversidemuseum r
News

Doddie Weir charity donates £100,000 to MND patients

A charity founded by former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir has donated £100,000 to support people with motor neurone disease (MND). . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304692.Doddie_Weir_charity_donates___100_000_to_MND_patients/

xriversidemuseum r
News

Humza Yousaf seeks advice from think tank advocating public railway monopoly

TRANSPORT minister Humza Yousaf has sought advice from a think tank which advocates turning the railways into a state-run monopoly as he considers...

xriversidemuseum r
News

‘Rights’ fear over residential care for disabled people

Plans to force disabled people into residential care when support costs become too dear breach human rights, it has been claimed . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304732.__39_Rights__39__fear_over_residential_care_for_disabled_people/

xriversidemuseum r
News

MSPs demand urgent overhaul of economic strategy

MSPs have demanded an urgent overhaul of the Scottish Government’s economic strategy. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304735.MSPs_demand_urgent_overhaul_of_economic_strategy/