Offshore Energies UK will from November 2026 require offshore staff to weigh a maximum of 124kg.

A trustee in sequestration has been appointed to manage the former Scottish first minister’s affairs following his death in 2024.

Campaigners opposed to the Rosebank oil field, of which Equinor is a majority shareholder, are amongst those raising concerns with the Chancellor.

The Conservative leader criticised rivals Reform UK, insisting Nigel Farage’s party ‘don’t care about the independence debate’.

The Conservative leader travelled to the north-east of Scotland to launch her party’s new campaign to end the moratorium on new oil and gas licences.

The Scottish First Minister spoke after a train travelling between Glasgow and London came off the tracks on Monday morning.

SNP leader and Scottish First Minister John Swinney will hold talks with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in Edinburgh on Thursday.

Co-leader Gillian Mackay used her speech to the Scottish Green Party conference to hit out at plans to develop the oil field.

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer made the plea in his speech to the party’s conference in Edinburgh.

The SNP’s Westminster leader has been told an Israeli fuel conglomerate could be in line to benefit if the oil field is developed.

Equinor, which owns the majority of the oil field, stressed it was committed to advancing the ‘Rosebank project’.

The Souter’s Shop in Birse, Aberdeenshire, lay undisturbed after the business shut down in the 1940s.

The EIS trade union has called on ministers and councils to ‘at long last agree’ a way forward on cutting classroom time for teachers.

The First Minister was pressed on the issue after it emerged just £570,000 of £14.2 million of promised investment has been awarded so far.

The STUC said the £492 million a year raised could alternatively fund 12,000 new nurses in hospitals, or 11,000 more teachers in classrooms.

Sir Ed Davey will visit North East Fife, the area represented by former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Menzies Campbell, who died last month.

The first named storm of the season brought travel disruption and power cuts.

The Proof of Concept fund is providing £2.95 million to 18 university projects to help develop them into commercial endeavours.

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said head teachers ‘are already empowered’ to bring in a ban if they see fit.

The Defence Secretary accused the SNP Scottish Government of failing the back the shipbuilding industry.