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Amber warning for rain extended until 2pm on Sunday for parts of north and eastern Scotland.

The UK’s first drug consumption room is to be given the go-ahead in Glasgow on Wednesday.

The winners of the Scots Language Awards 2023 were unveiled at a celebratory ceremony last night at Johnstone Town Hall. Held in partnership with Renfrewshire Council, the event saw 13 individuals, projects and businesses out of more than 60 nominees crowned at the annual awards night.

Younger Scots are going to “extra lengths” to land a job, a new report has revealed – with more than a fifth of adults classed as being in GenZ having used AI to write a cover letter, while almost three out of ten have altered their appearance.

Climate campaigners have taken to the streets of Edinburgh to call on the Scottish and UK governments to develop an urgent plan for a fast and fair transition away from oil and gas.

Further afield, University of St Andrews has been named the number one university in the UK and Scotland, beating the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge for the second time in the guide's 30-year history of domestic UK university ranking.

Drug campaigners have hailed the Daily Record after Scotland's Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain agreed to green light Safer Drug Consumption Facilities following our campaign.

Glasgow has formally come out in support of the decriminalisation of personal drugs use as the council continues to back the need for safe consumption rooms.

We were at the #Edinburgh march on Saturday, here's how our day went and some of the lovely people we chatted to on the way

https://youtu.be/p9qh-uHhHdU?si=6Bq864lW6QdnkkUW

The Home Affairs Committee has published a report recommending a pilot in Glasgow is supported by Westminster.

Drugs law must be reformed, MPs have concluded as they recommended greater testing at festivals as well as the use of safe spaces across the UK for users to take substances under medical supervision.

Julia has hit the TIOBE index top 20. This is the first time in history! Born about 13 years ago, Julia is a really young programming language. So what makes Julia unique? Why does it deserve this top 20 position? Julia is especially used in the data science and mathematical computation world. But we already have got top 20 contenders in this field such as Python, R and MATLAB. So why then Julia?

“We are very excited by this new strategic investment from AEI HorizonX,” said Dr. Viral Shah, Chief Executive Officer of JuliaHub. “In recent years, Julia’s superior speed and ease of use have been put to work for pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and United Therapeutics, and for aerospace applications at NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing. This investment allows us to continue to develop and help deploy Julia’s capabilities across all industries.”