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Labour defence spokesman who helped to move the party away from a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament in the 80sMartin O’Neill, latterly Lord O’Neill of Clackmannan, was an able Labour politician who as shadow defence...

Select residents of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, and North Ayrshire will soon begin receiving unconditional monthly payments as part of a Scottish universal basic income experiment...

If you’ve ever wanted to own a village, here's your chance. Mary’s Cottages, located in Elgol on the Isle of Skye, is up for sale - and for the right person, it could be an enchanting getaway. Marketed as a “lifestyle...

Inspired by Carlo Scarpa and Reitveld’s Schroder House, the Murphy House is remarkable not only for its customized details as an architect’s self-designed house, but also for its controversial contemporary appearance...

One of the most emblematic features of East Lothian’s landscape, Cockenzie power station will be blown up on Saturday, its twin towers and turbine hall erased by the shift to clean energy and an unsentimental planning system.

In its cowardly decision not to divest the university has chosen to pander to powerful fossil fuel companies and the funds they provide

University with £290m endowment commits to ‘engage before divestment’ but will pull out off the most polluting coal and tar sands companies

Senior university management recommend ditching funds in coal and tar sands companies ahead of a final decision in May

Oh, the mighty mouse – the tiny creature on whom humanity’s experiments have saved countless lives, and they’re up to it again. This time, scientists at the University of Edinburgh have managed to grow a fully functional...

Formerly the home of the North British Rubber Company as well as the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery, the site for Fountainbridge has long been an important industrial and employment center...

From the University of Edinburgh , another one-paper syndrome in the making funded by an NGO research council with a political mission to grab a headline...

While floating homes have been the norm in the Netherlands for many years, they're just starting to gain in popularity in the UK. With houseboats increasingly dotting the Thames in London, water-borne developments are currently...

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Edinburgh is not only enough to confuse your average humanoid. It drives the GPS crazy. Why? Because the city exists on two levels, one of which is about fifty feet (fifteen metres) above the...

Our energy system is evolving due to depletion of cheap fossil fuels and the need for carbon emission constraints. Government and business are under pressure to tackle the energy challenges of rising energy costs, energy...

Photo via Shutterstock In order to help reduce carbon emissions by 2020, the UK government recently opened the Green Investment Bank (GIB) in Edinburgh, making it the first bank in the world focused entirely on lending to...