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The town of Forres

Forres given share of £1.5m fund for town centre regeneration

Forres is to get a share of £1,500,000 funding allocated for town centre regeneration and ...
Buses on hope street Glasgow

Review underway in Glasgow to see if full people-friendly ‘avenues’ can be delivered

A review is being carried out into the affordability of the full people-friendly scheme, which ...
l-r Ted Downs (EJD Forestry), Joe Seed (UUET Chairman), Pen Symonds (UUET), McNabb Laurie (UUET), Rob Guest (Foresight)

Upper Urr Environmental Trust signs milestone agreement with Foresight Sustainable Forest Company

The agreement gives UUET a 20-year lease of land (owned by FSF) for public amenity ...
Image shows the Scottish Parliament and Cabinet Minister Angus Robertson

Editorial: The Scottish Government needs to support independent media

I missed the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, answering a portfolio question ...
Young author Chikamso Kanu holds up a copy of his book, The Official Gang

Young Author, Chikamso Kanu, Joins Pentland Book Festival

Chikamso Kanu must rank among the youngest authors ever to appear at the Pentland Book ...
Signpost for Penicuik and Scald Law

Midlothian Climate Action hub receives funding

Members of the Midlothian Climate Action Network are thrilled that the Scottish Government confirmed that ...
Children hold up placards calling for ceasefire in Palestine

Families hold a teddybear vigil calling for ceasefire in Palestine

Families gathered in George Square for a protest yesterday. Schools across Glasgow were closed due ...

The Living Room: Aberdeenshire’s first public living room launched

This week, The Community Collective launches their main project, ‘The Living Room’ located within what ...
Space Wolves Warhammer 40k Army | Photo by lukas, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED

Northern Invasion Gamers Tournament Return to Orkney

On the weekend of the 4th and 5th of November, as the fireworks flew overhead, ...

Edinburgh community councils review

Phase 1 of Edinburgh Council’s review of 46 community councils’ governance arrangements and boundaries began ...

From football to art classes: How local survivor groups provide a safe haven

Glasgow is one of the highest ranking in terms of domestic abuse incident rates, with ...

Peat and circumstance: rethinking peat harvesting in the whisky industry

On the afternoon of Wednesday, 11 October, Beam Suntory and Ardtalla Estate made a joint ...

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