Scotland

Questions mount for Scotland’s SNP as Sturgeon quits

Edinburgh, United Kingdom | AFP | Calls mounted within the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Thursday to postpone a special conference…

Alleged Lockerbie bombmaker due in US court

  Washington, United States (AFP) The Libyan accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland…

Scotland moves ahead with vast wind power projects

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Scotland, fresh from hosting the COP26 climate summit, on Monday awarded offshore wind project concessions…

From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islands

by Véronique DUPONT LERWICK, United Kingdom (AFP) -- In the far north of the United Kingdom, where the wind blows…

First vaccine dose cuts transmission and hospitalization: UK studies

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Data from two separate studies published in the UK on Monday, one in England and…

Investigators probe deadly Scottish train crash

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Investigators were seeking answers Thursday over why a train derailed in northeast Scotland, killing the…

‘Serious injuries’ reported after Scottish train derails

LONDON, United States (AFP) -- A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland on Wednesday, with reports of "serious injuries" in…

UK schools begin full return despite increase in virus cases

by Stuart GRAHAM with Charlotte DURAND in London EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Scottish children began attending schools for the…

Scottish island pilots drone deliveries of medical supplies

by Stuart GRAHAM Agence France-Presse OBAN, United Kingdom(AFP) — In a field overlooking the Lorn and Islands Hospital in the town…

PM Johnson makes first Scotland trip in bid to boost union

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make his first official visit to Scotland on…

Iglesia Ni Cristo acquires first Church building in Scotland

  By Lyndon Harvey EBC Europe Bureau The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) is now the official owner of…

World’s first floating wind farm opens off Scotland

PETERHEAD, Scotland (Reuters) -- Norway's Statoil expects floating wind power costs to fall to 40-60 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) by…

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