Community Voices
Open letter to John Swinney calls for immediate moratorium on wind farm developments
Local campaign group Sustainable Shetland is one of the signatories of this open letter to ...
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Sri Lankan cuisine finds a home on Glasgow’s food map
Often mistaken, people think of Sri Lankan food as either “Indian or Pakistani food, but ...
By Jasmine Mohamed, Migrant Women Press
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A Nigerian heart in a Scottish home: exploring what it means to belong
I grew up as a third culture kid – a term that describes children who spend ...
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‘We need a stronger voice’: 52 Highland community councils unite to demand a say in Scotland’s energy future
Community councils from across the vast Highland Council area came together in Beauly on Saturday ...
By Vox Vallium
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Marine litter concern as tangled gannets found dead in Shetland
Ian Nicolson came across two gannets found fastened together when he was out on his ...
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PINF launches local news crisis campaign as part Indie News Week 2025
For Indie News Week 2025, The Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) created a campaign action ...
By The Scottish Beacon
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Introducing: The Power Shift – a collaborative investigation into impact of Scotland’s green energy boom
The Power Shift is a major new collaborative journalism project from the Scottish Beacon which ...
By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon
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Rent caps are gone: how can tenants fight back?
“Where I live now is my home, but the ‘market rent’ for our flat is ...
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Giving Shaetlan – Shetland’s native tongue – the respect it deserves
New book highly praised by linguists from around the world establishes Shaetlan as a language ...
By Hans J Marter, Shetland News
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Foodbank manager ‘very concerned’ by number of people requiring support
Nearly 1,100 food parcels have been distributed in Shetland over the last year, Shetland Foodbank ...
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Parents of teenagers reminded to extend Child Benefit claim online
Parents of 16–19-year-olds will receive reminders from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to extend their ...
By Luke Jackson, The Midlothian View
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Stressed About Exams? Here’s what can actually help
By the time you read this, the spell of remarkably warm spring weather we have ...
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