Saturday 04 February 2012

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You’re having a giraffe... »

A Strathclyde student has become an overnight sensation after his customer services letter to a three-and-a-half-year-old made its way online. Chris King, a 27-year-old former Sainsbury’s Customer Manager, sent a heartfelt reply to toddler Lily ...

Fri 03 Feb 2012 by Sarah Hayhurst | Read more »

Teaching staff praised after attack »

A local mum has revealed how a terrifying knife attack on a parent outside a Glasgow primary school has pulled the community closer together. Mum Yvonne Letham, 41, praised teaching staff at Caledonia Primary in Baillieston for the way in which they...

Fri 03 Feb 2012 by Aimee Beveridge | Read more »

Funding boost for Edinburgh's green transport »

A community planning organisation in Edinburgh has been allocated £207,000 to encourage its members to use greener transport. Public sector agencies will see new electric cars added to their fleet after Transport Scotland made funds available as...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Occupy Edinburgh leaves St Andrew's Square »

Occupy Edinburgh have left their protest camp at St Andrew Square after the owners of the garden pursued legal action against them. The protesters had been camped there for three months as part of a global campaign for “true democracy and an equ...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Council votes to end ABM plans »

The City of Edinburgh Council voted last week to abandon the planned privatisation of some of their staff sectors. The Council brought to an end the Alternative Business Model that it had been investigating since 2009. According to this model, the cou...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Jenny Kassner | Read more »

Lord Provost asked to end gay discrimination »

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Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Will Culver | Read more »

Glasgow residents voice disapproval of increase in student accommodation »

Locals are outraged as development has got underway for hundreds of new student flats in the west end of Glasgow. Amidst concerns over the condensed number of students in a small area destroying the sense of community, residents are worried that the n...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Aimee Beveridge, John Berry | Read more »

Tributes pour in for graduate »

Hundreds are in mourning after the sudden death of a recent Glasgow Caledonian University graduate. Student journalist Darren Joliny, 21, collapsed whilst playing football at the Alistair McCoist Centre in East Kilbride earlier this month. Paramedics...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Rachael Fulton | Read more »

Scottish Government action urged to tackle blight of child poverty »

The Scottish Government must divert more resources into childcare, the MP representing the country’s worst-hit poverty blackspot has insisted. Figures released last week by The Campaign to End Child Poverty revealed a third of children live in poverty...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Photos: People & Planet strip down to protest sweatshop labour »

People & Planet activists scantily clad in nothing but shoes and cardboard boxes last week took to Bristo Square, on the University of Edinburgh's main campus, to protest sweatshop labour - claiming that they would rather "go naked than wear sweats...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Catherina Tubron, Chris Rubey | Read more »

Glasgow University steps up campaign to encourage free choice »

Glasgow University students have come together to join a global effort aimed at tackling the ‘crisis’ of depression amongst young gay people. Members of the Glasgow University Students Representative Council (GUSRC) have collaborated with the student ...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rachael Fulton | Read more »

Edinburgh Castle London 2012 advert rejected after public outrage »

In a move welcomed by local politicians and civic groups, a controversial attempt by London 2012 organisers to place a giant Olympic logo on Edinburgh Castle has been rejected by heritage officials. The five iconic Olympic rings, standing 18m high and...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rory Scothorne | Read more »

Rose Street up for a re-vamp »

Edinburgh’s Rose Street is set for a major facelift in order to attract more shoppers and tourists. Essential Edinburgh has announced £400,000 worth of renovations to the street, which would see better street lighting, upgraded pavements a...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Student alarm over Meadows attacks »

Students and officials at Edinburgh University Students’ Association have taken public safety into their own hands following two sexual assaults in the Meadows in as many weeks. A series of new safety plans design to protect students in the popu...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Glasgow has Mo and Mo to give »

Movember supporters raised funds for prostate cancer and men’s health awareness in Scotland’s first Mo-Run at Glasgow Green the week before last. Moustachioed Mo’ Brothers and Mo’ Sistas completed the 5km route in costume, with...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Harriet Brace | Read more »

Thousands rain down opposition on racism »

Thousands marched through the streets of Glasgow last weekend armed with placards and posters in protest against racism and fascism. The annual St Andrews Day Anti-Racism march, organised by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), saw demonstrators...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Aimee Beveridge | Read more »

Edinburgh students stick together following second Meadows attack »

Students and officials at Edinburgh University Students’ Association have taken public safety into their own hands following two sexual assaults in the Meadows in as many weeks. A series of new schemes designed to protect students in the popular...

Sun 27 Nov 2011 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Glasgow remember the fallen »

Glasgow city centre was brought to a standstill last week as people paid their respects to the fallen heroes of previous conflicts. In George Square an Armistice Day ceremony was held with a two-minute silence at 11am to commemorate the end of World W...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Craig Turnbull | Read more »

Light show on Arthur's Seat part of London 2012 »

Thousands of runners are being asked to train for a series of five-kilometre night-time runs along Arthur’s Seat in preparation for Scotland’s official artistic contributions to the London Olympic Games – an art installation project e...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Caroline Nguyen | Read more »

Glasgow residents suffer blackout »

More than 50,000 homes and businesses across Glasgow were left without power last week after a “deliberate” fire near Braehead shopping centre. The fire was believed to have started around 7.30pm with two high-voltage power cables being se...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Collette Cullen | Read more »