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New plans unveiled to make Scotland's roads safer »

Police officers in Scotland are cracking down on drivers that are breaking the law in a new campaign that has been launched to keep Scotland's roads safe.  Superintendent Denise Mulvaney from Lothian and Borders Police has announced plans for pol...

Tue 19 Feb 2013 by Keira Murray | Read more »

Edinburgh University International Development Week kicks off in style »

Humza Yusaf MSP at the International Development Week launch

The University of Edinburgh's International Development Week started off in style with a 200-strong crowd present its launch night on 23 January. A packed audience in the Playfair Library heard a talk from the Scottish Minister for External Affairs an...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Body of Edinburgh student found as search for missing Stirling student continues »

The body of a man discovered in St Margaret’s loch in Holyrood Park has been identified as the missing Sanjay Dhital. Nepalese student, Dhital, 24, had been missing since Boxing Day and Lothian and Borders Police said there were no suspicious ci...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Emma Logan | Read more »

Glasgow high speed rail hopes delayed »

Scotrail

Scottish politicians have again hit out at the lack of leadership from Westminster for high-speed rail in Scotland. Last week, the UK Government announced plans to extend the HS2 route from London Euston to Birmingham on to Manchester and Leeds with n...

Mon 04 Feb 2013 by Keira Murray | Read more »

George Square redesign scrapped for ‘facelift’ »

Glasgow's George Square

The £15 million radical redevelopment of George Square has been scrapped and is instead to undergo a ‘facelift’, it was announced last week. The six designs shortlisted led to public outcry from many Glaswegian citizens, few of whom ...

Sun 03 Feb 2013 by Louise Wilson | Read more »

Strathclyde at heart of Glasgow 'future cities' initiative »

University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde will be at the heart of a government 'Future Cities Demonstrator' project in Glasgow. Glasgow will receive £24 million in an initiative to transform the city as a pilot to the major impact on the future of cities ac...

Mon 28 Jan 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Glasgow to become pioneering 'smart city' »

Glasgow to become innovative 'city of the future'

Glasgow will become one of the UK's first smart cities after winning a government grant of £24 million. The money will be spent on innovative projects to demonstrate how a city of the future might work while providing better services for Glasweg...

Fri 25 Jan 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Alleged terrorist faces extradition »

A warrant seeking the extradition of Benat Atorrasagasti Ordonez, a 36-year old who was residing on Sloan Street, Leith, has been granted. Mr Ordonez is allegedly a member of the Basque separatist group, ETA. He was previously sentenced to five years ...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Lydia Willgress | Read more »

Banned Aristotle manual goes to auction »

On 16 January, a manual banned from sale in the United Kingdom for more than 200 years will be auctioned by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh. The Compleat Master-Piece, said to be by Aristotle, is over 330 years old and illustrates sexual positions, i...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Lydia Willgress | Read more »

RCS students set to play at Celtic Connections »

Celtic Connections

Students from Glasgow’s Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) will take part in a showcase alongside students from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm at this year’s Celtic Connections. The BA degree in Scottish Music at the Conservato...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Rachael McHard | Read more »

Glasgow to host world street dance championships »

World street dance championships coming to Glasgow

Glasgow is set to become the new home of world street dance for the next three years. The city’s Clyde Auditorium as well as halls one and two of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) will host the leading event on the global stre...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Rachael McHard | Read more »

Race on to find Glasgow 2014 volunteers »

Glasgow 2014 volunteer centre, Glasgow

The race is now on to find 15,000 volunteers for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by March. Glasgow 2014 will be the 20th Commonwealth Games where 17 different sports will be featured over 11 days of competition resulting in 261 medal events. W...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Rachael McHard | Read more »

GCU and STV to launch Glasgow’s first local TV station »

Glasgow Caledonian University

STV has won the licence to launch a local TV station in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University. Two licences have been granted for Glasgow and Edinburgh and will see the channels broadcast on terrestrial television. The channels will broadcas...

Tue 22 Jan 2013 by Aoife Moore | Read more »

Greenpeace activists fined for Shell petrol station protest »

Artist's impression

Protesters who dressed as polar bears and managed to turn off the petrol supply at a Shell garage in Edinburgh have been fined. Seven campaigners from international environmental organisation Greenpeace protested outside a Shell petrol station on Dalr...

Tue 22 Jan 2013 by Christina Muller | Read more »

Anger over controversial George Square redevelopment »

George Square to undergo 2014 transformation

New designs for the transformation of George Square in the centre of Glasgow city centre have angered local residents. Plans are under way for a £15 million renovation of Glasgow's premier civic square in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. ...

Sat 19 Jan 2013 by Keira Murray | Read more »

Youth unemployment figures fall in Glasgow »

Jobcentre Plus (St Andrews Sq) (03/10)

Glasgow is the only major city in the UK where youth unemployment figures have fallen, it has been revealed. The three-month period from April to June has seen youth unemployment in Scotland fall by 5,000 with the rate falling by 0.2 percentage points...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Keira Murray | Read more »

Edinburgh students form 24 hour magazine »

Students from the University of Edinburgh’s Retrospect Society this weekend produced their second 24-hour magazine. Editors and contributors had just 24 hours, between 9am on Friday 16 and 9am on Saturday 17 November, to design, write, edit and ...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

The Hydro – will it live up to expectations? »

Situated beside one of the city’s most famous attractions, Glasgow’s newest venue will not have any problem attracting visitors. To be completed by September 2013, The Hydro is set to become the top place for people to visit next year. Bei...

Wed 07 Nov 2012 by Keira Murray | Read more »

Lothian patients may be sent abroad for surgery to meet targets »

NHS Lothian has admitted that patients awaiting complex operations may have to be sent abroad in order to meet new legally binding targets on treatment. Legislation introduced by the Scottish government at the start of October grants patients a legal g...

Wed 07 Nov 2012 by Jonathan Langley | Read more »

Queen Margaret student wins national award »

Queen Margaret University (QMU) Film and Media student Agata Korecka has won first prize in the UK Student Essay Competition run by Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV). Agata, a third year student from Poland, will be awarded a cash prize at the &l...

Wed 07 Nov 2012 by Steven Dinnie | Read more »

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