Scotland haes proportionately five times as mony real livin wage employers as the lave o the UK, a lang-staundin trend driven by deliberate policy. A key catalyst haes bin the Scottish Government’s “Fair Wark First” approach in procurement an grants. oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/scotl...

Did you know that to accomplish Scotland's net-zero 2040 goals with wind power we will be causing significant ecological destruction elsewhere? Did you know radioactive waste from Rare Earth Element (REE) mining for turbines has a larger footprint than Uranium for nuclear power? Net-somewey-else...

By thraanly rejectin nuclear pouer, een o the maist land an material-efficient technologies, Scotland’s 2040 plan isna a true “net-zero” strategy. It is a “net-somewey-else” strategy, een aat ootsoorces a dumfoonerin unreportit environmental fitprint. oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/scotl...

🎟️GET YER TICKETS NOO🎟️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jyne us for e Oor Vyce Gaitherin tae get yer vyce heard fan it comes til e strategy for e Scots Leid. Iss year's theme is 'Scots for Aabody: Connectin Communities Throu Langage' - Friday 7t November, Edinburgh. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s pittin doon o Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado as a “demonic witch” cairries wecht ayont jist political rhetoric. Iss laidit term spot-lichts a mirkier, truth o ongaan witch hunts... Read in Doric at: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/untit...

Fa else, fan yis seen e Hellfire missile boonce aff a UAP in a video at e US Congress, thocht iss is like tribesfowk shootin arraes at oor helicopters? Fa else is feart aboot e US military engagin UAP in iss wey? Read oor thochts on UAP an reducin violence: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/e-una...

Foo mony o yis hae tae spik English tae technology? Afore we can hae vyce interaction in Scots wi AI we need tae train a vyce model - we're sikkin fowk fae aa ower Scotland an Ulster tae help wi biggin iss :-) Read e airticle anent fit we're deein: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/gie-s...

3I/ATLAS’s journey intil oor solar system his bin a maisterclass in e bizarre, garrin astronomers tae speir gin thay are observin a naitural, aa be it gey unco, phenomenon, or somethin else entirely. Read mair aboot it in Doric Scots at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-vis...

E warld is reairmin at a pace nae seen in decades, wi military spennin soarin past a dumfoonerin $2.7 trillion. History gies a chillin waarnin: iss is fit e prelude til a warld war leuks like. Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/echie...

£650k for Scots is a stert, but it's a gey drap in e ocean fan ye see Welsh gets £36m an Irish Gaelic £52m. For ilka £100 spent on English in Scotland, Scots gets £0.14. It disna hae tae bide like iss - e Scots Leid Strategy cuid chynge hings like Norrowa! Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-tal...

"Ye simply pynt the camera or leuk at e person ye waant tae hear. Even if twa fowk are spikkin at eence, e AI eeses visual cues tae pill oot e vyce o the person ye’re leukin at.” - Professor Mathini Sellathurai fae Heriot-Watt Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/resea...

Wi seein aa iss fowk gettin arrestit ower support for a group, ye hae tae hink fit's gaed wrang? Democracy's nae deid! We hae the pouer tae chynge hings- fit if aa the siller spent on bombs gaed tae infrastructure an economic development? Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-pat...

Ye hink o a freen ye hinna claiched wi in a puckle o month, an minties later, yer phone rings wi thair name on e screen. It’s a fleetin, uncanny sensation. But fit if it isna coincidence at aa? Fin oot mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/for-g...

Oor education maun champion skills aat machines fin a chav tae replicate: creativity, critical thinkin, strategic leadership, an empathy. We maun elevate the airts, humanities, an heich-skill trades aat require human touch an ingenuity. Read mair in Doric at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/scotl...

E wind fairm, locatit aboot 24 mile aff e Scottish Borders coastline, will hae a capacity o 4.1 gigawatt (GW). Eence completed, its turbines are expected tae mak eneuch electricity ilka year tae pouer ilka hame in Scotland twice ower. Read mair aboot it at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/scotl...

Grunbrakkin resairch, led by Dr. Beatriz Villarroel o Stockholm University an unner peer review e noo, suggests aat objects resemblin non-terrestrial airtifacts micht hae bin orbitin oor planet Yird decades afore humans laanched thair first satellite. Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/auld-...

“Iss excitin event is een o mony fit we’ve analysed fae data collected in 2023 an early 2024… it’s an excellent example o foo we’re still diskiverin nyow an unexpectit hings aboot black holes an ultimately aboot foo stars evolve.” - Dr Daniel Williams Mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/scien...

Noo is the time for a “Leith Whit’s Gaun On?” or a “Paisley Patter” page tae growe a follaein, turnin the ambition o the Leids Act intae a leevin, breathin reality at the hert o Scotland’s communities. Sae get gaun an stert a group! :-) oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/scotl...

Gin governments redirectit even 10% o the $1.5 trillion spent annually on military efforts tae peacebiggin, it cuid fully fund e efforts needed tae resolve current conflicts an rebigg societies. Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-pat...

Nae langer hauden tae jist grainy photies or fleetin lichts in e sky, e evidence is streamin in: heich-level testimonies, offeecial government acknawledgemints, an rigorous resairch fae some o the brichtest heids on e planet are comin thegither on UAP. Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/e-dam...

Campaigners argue aat e cross-pairty resolve on Scots in Holyrood maan be matched by action in Westminster. Thay are caain on e Scottish Government tae lobby e UK government tae expand Ofcom’s remit an mandate Scots braidcastin as wi Welsh an Gaelic. Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-nat...

Chemify claims aat its Chemiferm in Maryhill is e maist advanced chemical synthesis facility in e warld - pittin an AI-driven molecular design engine alang wi industrial-scale robotic synthesis. Fin oot mair aboot iss amazin in Scots: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/chemi...

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government haes shed licht on 20t-century policies that targeted Gypsy an Traiveller communities, revealin a mirk history merkit by forced hoosin, bairn removals, an cultural erasure.  Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/scotl...

"Globally, weemen are aften disproportionately affected by conflict an are ower frequently sidelined fae decision-makkin processes." - Professor Jo Shaw, Heid o Edinburgh Law Schuil This auld airticle fae International Weemen's Day is relevant for noo. oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/scotl...

Check oot iss braw documentary - fu o interviews wi some amazin fowk :-) youtu.be/tL6LGDtd6v4?...

“Oor priority noo is tae pit egither a baul, forrit-leukin strategy for Scots aat supports its growth ower aa communities” - Phil Reid, Chair o Oor Vyce E Scottish Leids Act is a “monumental stap” wi Scots noo haein offeecial status. Mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/scott...

A Leid o Law Again: Scots’ Offeecial Status is a Promise Made Guid Did ye ken Scots wis aince the leid o trade an law in Scotland for ower a hunner year whiles Norman French wis the offeecial leid o England? Read mair in Scots at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/a-lei...

Scottish Languages Bill passed in pairlament the day - nae votes agin it an nae abstentions :-D Scots an Gaelic noo hae equal staunin wi English!

The Scottish Languages Bill is gaan throu pairlament on e 17t of June - please email yer MSP noo tae lat them ken ye're efter Gaelic an Scots to have an equal stannin wi English!

Fit's wrang wi Scotland an e UK tae gar fowk hink o Scots as nocht but a dialect o English, fan ere's less unnerstannin atween us than wi ither leids sib til een anither sic as Ukrainian an Russian? Read mair aboot it in Scots at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/mair-...

From Barbour’s “Freedom” to AI’s Future: Reclaiming Scots as a Language of Innovation This is a thought piece article about what words we can make use of, and how this broad vocabulary could be a catalyst for innovation. What do you think? oornews.co.uk/en/from-barb...

Fae Barbour’s “Freedom” tae AI’s Future: Reclaimin Scots as a Tongue o Innovation Iss is a thocht piece airticle anent fit words we can make eese o, an foo iss braid vocabular cuid be a catalyst for innovation. Fit div yis hink? oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/fae-b...

A sma device cooried intil a field near Steenhive, hauds track o a naitural laa-frequency wave in e atmosphere, kent as Schumann Resonance, an cryed Yird’s “hertbeat”. Schumann Resonance ower-laps wi brain wave ranges! Read mair in Scots at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/senso...

E University o Glesga will leuk at foo tae mak a common chemical purification method mair eco-freendly. “Iss will be the first project tae examine flash chromatography wi iss degree o braid focus.” Dr Alex Loch Read mair aboot it in Scots at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/ainsh...

"the biggest transformation syne the advent o the jet age, wi entirely nyow propulsion systems set tae pouer e neist era o aviation – cleaner flichts, better economics an better experiences for aabody." Val Miftakhov, Chief Executive o ZeroAvia Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/zeroa...

“Wir geothermal walls hae gien eesfu nyow insicht intil e Yird’s deep interior, helpin us better unnerstaund nae jist e geological forces shapin East Africa but e fundamental processes fit drive e formation o wir planet’s surface ower millions o year.” oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/heidl...

“Ilka life lost tae rabies is a tragedy– een aat we hae the tools tae prevent. Lat’s mak thae tools available tae aabody, aawey.” Kennedy Lushasi, Ifakara Halth Institute Read aboot resairch at e University o Glesga intil rabies in dugs and humans: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/integ...

Modren communication channels, like social media, are apenin nyew gates for Scots literacy. Younger spikkers scrieve in Scots on platforms sic as WhatsApp an Snapchat, eesin creative abbreviations an localised vocabulary. Fin oot mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/skwee...

“Cleanin products in supermercats claim tae kill 99.9% o germs, Cryptosporidium is e 0.1% they canna touch. It uses a microscopic structure aat acts like a zipper. Fan e zipper appens, e parasites ‘hatch’ oot o the shell.” Fin oot mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/dunde...

Scientists at e University o Edinburgh hae, for e first time, shawn foo a dangerous form o amyloid beta—a protein linked tae Alzheimer’s—can stick tae an damage e connections (synapses) atween live brain cells. Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/live-...

Memmers o the public submitted photaes an bite reports via the Mosquito Scotland wabsite, capturin images fae Dumfries an Gallowa tae the Shetland Isles—fit merks e northernmaist mosquito record in e UK. Read aboot iss braw citizen science at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/citiz...

“Fit’s remairkable here is aat we’ve fund iss human-made materials bein incorporated intae naitural systems an becomin lithified – essentially turnin intae rock – ower e course o decades insteid.” - Dr Amanda Owen Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/heidl...

Researchers fae Heriot-Watt University an e University o Edinburgh hae pit thegither a report for e Warld Halth Organisation aboot foo muckle plastic is wasted wi COVID-19 lateral flow tests. Read aboot it at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/later...

“Iss data challenges e assumption aat AIS accurately reflects coastal activity. In some regions, ower 75% o vessel muivements ging unrecordit,” - Dr Emily Hague Read aboot foo mony ships ging untracked aroon Scotland's watters at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/new-s...

Semiconductor Stert-Ups fae Glesga Jine UK Incubator Read aboot businesses in Scotland developin sensors that get data an pouer thegither wirelessly, electronics for quantum computin an AI design o chips at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/glesg...

“We maun protect the public fae dugs that micht pose a danger. The fundin for Polis Scotland an the NDWA will help us control dangerous dugs an improve public safety." Read mair at oorNews: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/scots...

Engineers at the University o Glesga hae developed a grundbrakin screen-prinited sensor for digital-fairmin that can be left tae brak doon in sile efter yaise. The sensor is meant tae track sile traits sic as pH an temperature. #farming Read it in Braid Scots: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/biode...

"Insteid o wastin vast sums on thae firms an boostin the profits o their sharehauders, their scarce funds wid be better investit intae a properly funded Scottish Ambulance Service.” - UNISON Scotland’s jynt lead for Halth, Matt McLaughlin. Read mair: oornews.co.uk/sco-ce/uniso...

oorNews is pitten doon in the algorithms acause they hink it's misspellt English. Gie the video a watch tae fin oot aboot oorNews. Tae help spreid the word, tell ither fowk ye see - nae ey a need for social media, ye can gang straucht til the wabsite :-) youtube.com/shorts/WdV7f...

A pan‐European collaboration cryed e ETERNAL project is set tae transform pharmaceutical manufacturin by reducin its environmental fitprint throu sustainable chemical an physical processes.  Read aboot it in Scots (link tae Doric, ithers on wabsite): oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/etern...