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Transitioning to Renewables: Lessons from the Past

From the use of whale oil for lighting in the 1800s to the production of ...
Photos by Caroline Finn

Little Threads of Joy: Meet the ladies making a difference one stitch at a time

If Mags Reid’s actual smile was as wide as her phone smile, I was looking ...
Edinburgh Nature Network.

Green ways to improve Spurtleshire

The Edinburgh Nature Network is a joint initiative between the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Edinburgh ...
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 ...
Sullom Voe Terminal. Photo: BP

University study exploring how green hydrogen production would impact local economy

The study is being undertaken by the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Energy Policy and ...
The MV Isle of Islay and the MV Loch Indaal side by side at Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard

The Cemre Shipyard: Why are the ferries being built in Turkey and not Scotland?

On publication of each issue of the Ileach, we place an A3 copy of the ...
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 ...
Broughton Spurtle, Edinburgh hustings.

Citizens Agenda: What our partners did

Across Scotland, we have been asking our readers to tell us what they wanted candidates ...
Group of people talking at our Edinburgh event on the future of local news | Photo by Iain McLellan

Creating a Citizens Agenda: the issues people care most about

This year we took ran a Citizens Agenda project to provide citizen-centred reporting that better ...
Bellsbank foodbank. Courtesy of the Doon Valley Gazette.

Exploring the causes of food poverty in the Doon Valley

The Doon Valley sits on the rural edge of East Ayrshire, the region with the fourth highest child  ...

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