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Bellsmyre Community Garden from above, by Harvey Smart.

10 Year celebrations for Bellsmyre Community Garden in Dumbartonshire  

This summer saw 10 year anniversary celebrations for Bellsmyre Community Garden. In this article Harvey ...
Photo: WIN children's hearing discussion. Source: Migrant Women Press

Women Integration Network meets in Glasgow to address impact of children’s hearings on Scotland’s African community

Representatives from diverse agencies convened in Glasgow under the Invitation of the Women Integration Network ...
Photo: Gordon alongside our fantasticteam of volunteer gardeners. Source: Kyle Chronicle

Bonar Bridge Community Kitchen Garden

It will grow fruit and veg to supply the community café By Kyle Chronicle What ...
The Viking wind farm stood still for number of days earlier this month denote high winds. Photo: Shetland News

Shetland: SSE Renewables earns £5.5m in constraint payments in just three months

But none were paid during a planned shutdown earlier in October By Ryan Nicolson, Shetland ...
Photo by Elena Shirnina on Unsplash.

Recycle, renew, reuse – transitioning to the green economy

The sprouting idea of sustainable living is emerging in Highland Perthshire By Charlie McCarthy, Bylines ...
Photo: Eagle Stone. Source: Kyle Chronical

Get to know Highland seers and “second sight”

There was a wright from Kinloch Rannoch who kept hearing planes and hammers at work, ...
Swein MacDonald and isobel MacDonald. Photo courtesy of © Gaye MacDonald-Wilson

The mystical predications of the Highland Seer, Swein MacDonald

Swein MacDonald rose to fame in the 1970s for his mystical predictions, fueled by alcohol, ...
Photo: Glen Fruin oil leak clean-up. Source: The Lochside Press

Glen Fruin oil leak: Clean-up now under way

Publication: The Lochside Press The clean-up of an oil leak in Glen Fruin, discovered in ...
People Standing on a Park Footpath on a Rainy Autumn Day. By Solomon Antwi (Pexels)

A new National Park for Scotland?

In July 2024 the Scottish government selected Galloway as a possible location for a new ...
Heat pump installation. Source: Bylines Scotland

Heat pump happiness

We had a Vaillant 7KW heat pump installed in June 2024, along with a new ...
Foreign Correspondent Jen Stout at Wigtown Book Festival. Photo: Colin Hattersley Photography

Further calls to Culture Secretary for a Public Interest Journalism Institute

The author and investigative journalist was speaking at the Wigtown Book Festival at the weekend. ...

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