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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 ...
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 ...
Refugee Week: The facts and myth-busting lies around refugees and asylum seekers
What is a refugee? Refugees are people who have fled their countries to escape conflict, ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
U-turn by Scottish Government halts Flamingo Land plan
The Scottish Government has performed a dramatic U-turn and pressed the pause button on Flamingo ...
Date set for the re-opening of iconic Edinburgh art house cinema
A date has been set for the re-opening of Edinburgh’s Filmhouse after years of closure ...
Study finds community energy generates 100x more wealth than corporate counterparts
New research shows a ‘staggering imbalance’ in who benefits from Scotland’s renewable energy boom. A ...
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 ...
Age Scotland launches Act Now, Age Better campaign
Lifestyle medicine doctor, personal trainer and health coach, Dr Hussian Al-Zubaidi, said: “We can all ...
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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