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Image: Govanhill artists about to board the protest bus to parliament. Credit: Devon McCole

Govanhill artists welcome u-turn on Creative Scotland funding, but vow to continue to fight

“While we’re encouraged by the Scottish Government’s decision to reinstate funding for the Open Fund, ...

By Greater Govanhill, Devon McCole

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‘Wake up and do something’: SELECT backs Grenfell Inquiry call

SELECT’s managing director Alan Wilson says the findings echo their long-running campaign for a safer ...

By Midlothian View, Luke Jackson

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Mental Health Foundation / Donna Davies Caption Woman sitting on hill looking out into nature, lake and dam

‘Scotland’s Mental Health is in a Bad Place’

Shona Robison, Scotland’s Finance Secretary, announced ‘savings of £18.8million ‘ in the Distress Brief Interventions ...

By The Orkney News

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Port operator hires new head of marine for Scotland

Alex McIntosh has been appointed to the senior position at Peel Ports Clydeport and becomes ...

By Inverclyde Now

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Invisible Cities tour guide Angie (left), sitting with journalist Devon McCole (right). Photo: Karen Gordon

Alternative Glasgow with Angie of Invisible Cities

Glasgow has a long and storied history, but too often the stories that we hear ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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Layla Blackwell, photographed by Charlie Sherry.

Full Circuit: Joining the Scottish Women Warriors Wheelchair Basketball Team

At the age of 28, I used thirty seconds of bravery to change my life ...

By Charlie Sherry, The Clydesider

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Nick McGowan-Lowe, Rachel Hamada, Richard Walker and Joyce Macmillan discuss SPIJI and the No News is Bad News event in Edinburgh

Journalism experts call for government support for a Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute

Journalism experts called for the Scottish Government to support the development of the Public Interest ...

By Roisin McCann, The Scottish Beacon

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Polling Station

What you need to know about the General Election in Scotland

This year’s general election will take place this summer – despite most of us being ...

By The Scottish Beacon

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The Kenmure St protests | Photo by Simon Murpy

‘These are our Neighbours’: Three years on from Kenmure Street, what’s changed?

It’s now three years since the people of Glasgow came together in unity to challenge ...

By Pinar Aksu and Tabassum Niamat

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A letter from Scotland on the housing emergency

Scotland has an official “housing emergency”. The Scottish Parliament declared this to be so on ...

By John Knox

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Book news you need to know – from the rise of queer African literature to the PEN America controversy

Stay Ahead In The World Of Literature And Publishing With Insights From Our Literature Editor. ...

By Laura Rodríguez-Davis, Migrant Women Press

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