Scotland’s historic cashmere and tweed industry faces a decline as high production costs and an aging workforce threaten traditional skills. At the Alex Begg mill in Ayr, craftsmen like Maria Wade meticulously mend raw cashmere by hand, a rare skill in today’s fast-fashion era. The mill Continue Reading
The conservative party is on course to retain power, even though by a slender margin. The Labour party which was having high hopes to coming to power was overpowered by the SNP in Scotland. The polls closed at 22:00 BST. The first results came by midnight and all results are expected to be before Friday after noon. The […]Continue Reading
Just under one-third (29 percent) of Scots plan to vote for independence in this year’s referendum, according to a poll on Thursday that also found 42 percent intended to vote against.But the TNS poll also found another 29 percent were still undecided ahead of the September 18 vote to decide whether Scotland, which has a […]Continue Reading












