Scotland’s population may be at a record high, but growth is far from evenly distributed. Some council areas are attracting new residents while others are losing population as deaths outnumber births and younger people move elsewhere. Use the interactive Scotland Population and Migration Explorer below to compare all 32 council areas. You can see the […]
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Police Scotland has declared a major incident as a wildfire in the Cairngorms continues to spread unpredictably, prompting precautionary evacuations around Nethy Bridge.
Let’s just get this out of the way. Tipping in Scotland is not the same as tipping in the US. And if you walk into a pub throwing around 20% tips like you’re back home, you’re going to confuse people. Possibly even slightly alarm them. Now, I spend a lot of time in Scotland. I […]
I was standing at the edge of a loch in Glencoe, congratulating myself on finally making it to one of the most dramatic landscapes in Scotland, when I noticed the cloud. Not a weather cloud. A midge cloud. Hovering at head height, moving with me, entirely unimpressed by my Smidge application from four hours earlier. […]
Scotland, Stats
People Are Leaving Some Parts of Scotland While Others Are Booming. See Where Your Area Ranks
New figures released by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show which parts of Scotland are attracting the most new residents and which are seeing more people leave. Use our interactive map to explore migration trends across every council area, compare your local figures with the rest of the country, and see where Scotland’s biggest […]