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Share your experiences of gender inequality and racism in Edinburgh in the national conversation
You are invited to share any experiences of gender inequality or racism with the national body responsible for finding out more about such problems.
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Letter from Scotland
Oh how I wish it was a proper May Day, with workers’ parades, the Belane Fire Festival in Scotland and Morris dancing round the...
Coronavirus – New shows now available on STV Player
So you have exhausted Netflix. And Amazon Prime. Time for something closer to home.
STV has added 270 hours of new content and two...
Letter from Scotland
Arthur’s Seat may have experienced some 300 million spring seasons but none so eerie as this one.
I walked round its southern flank the other...
Pedal on Parliament demand Space for Distancing
Pedal on Parliament begin a national online campaign today called Space for Distancing, supporting reallocation of road space to allow for safe distancing for...
Edinburgh doctor begins fundraiser for PPE
Dr Nestor Demosthenous runs a medical and cosmetic centre on Dundas Street.
He has started a JustGiving page aiming to raise £50,000 to provide...
Coronavirus – Scottish Government puts new reporting system in place
The Scottish Government has outlined details of the improved process to report Covid-19 deaths which began today, Thursday 2 April 2020.
Health Protection Scotland (HPS)...
Coronavirus Bill passed at Holyrood
The Scottish Parliament has today unanimously supported new emergency powers which they say are intended to help protect the public, maintain essential public services...
Train timetables to change from Monday
Timetable changes will keep essential services moving
A revised timetable will be introduced from Monday, 23 March 2020 as everyone across Scotland’s Railway works flat...
Scottish Natural Heritage – parks are still open
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has closed public facilities, including visitor centres and toilets, on its National Nature Reserves across Scotland for the health and...
Covid-19 The Scottish Government announces large events to be cancelled
Action required to protect the resilience of critical emergency services during Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
From Monday all large gatherings above 500 people with the potential...
Tennent’s light up the Grassmarket for Scotland’s victory
Edinburgh rugby fans enjoyed a special projection of Stuart Hogg, the Scotland captain, singing Flower of Scotland after the national team's victory at BT...
Rugby – Scotland v France, U20 6 nations
Scotland's fourth round match in the U20 6 Nations Championship was played under the gathering cloud of the Covid-19 virus 'situation' with France as...
First coronavirus patient diagnosed in Scotland
A patient has been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland.Following a positive test result for the virus, they have been admitted to hospital and...
Rugby – Scotland v England, Women’s Six Nations
With Storm Ciara puting paid to Sunday's scheduled match at Scotstoun, a quick bit of rearranging by Scottish Rugby meant that could go ahead...
Indoor hockey – Scots blast their way to Euro final
Scotland convincingly beat Slovenia 9-0 before battling out a 4-4 draw with Wales on day two of Men’s Indoor EuroHockey Championship III in Santander,...
Letter from Scotland
The schools are back, commuters cram the buses and trains, lines of car tail-lights snake slowly towards their destinations. All before the sun rises...
Raising a glass to the last decade
Tennent's Lager has released a video cheering the last decade which is about to close.
The video records the highs and lows, the celebrities, the...
Letter from Scotland
This has been the year of the three “Bs”, Boris, Brexit and Breakdown.
Breakdown of so many things – “united” Britain, parliamentary government, the...
Scotland’s Right to Choose – paper will be published tomorrow
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will tomorrow Thursday, 19 December, launch the publication of a document that lays out the case for Scotland’s right to...
Letter from Scotland
So once again Scotland’s voice has been drowned out by the chants of “Get Brexit Done” south of the border.
Boris Johnson might be...
#GE2019 Church of Scotland call for action on climate change
Following the results of the General Election which has returned the Conservative Party to government with a decisive majority, Rev Richard Frazer, convener of...
Letter from Scotland
One of Andrew’s few
appearances in the Bible is in the story of the “feeding of the five
thousand”. It was he who noticed the lad
who...
Rugby – Scotland v Wales, Women’s Autumn Internationals
cotland had two Autumn
International lined up at home for their women with Wales and Japan.
The first of these was Sunday's match against Wales, a...
Rugby – Scotland v Serbia, Rugby League World Cup Qualifier
With the Rugby League World Cup due to be held in England in 2021, Scotland were keen to get their final group qualification hurdle...
First Minister writes open letter to EU citizens in Scotland
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written an open letter to EU citizens reaffirming that Scotland welcomes them and values their contribution to our society,...
Letter from Scotland
I suppose there were times
before Brexit and Independence and Climate Change, when the only thing that
changed in the autumn were the colours of the...
What is the Workplace Parking Levy?
At Holyrood today politicians will vote on the Transport Bill. A lot of time has been devoted to discussing the workplace parking levy which...
Letter from Scotland
This year’s harvest has been
gathered in without too much September rain, but as with all things involving mice and men, they
“gang aft agley.” So...
Letter from Scotland
The contrast could not be
much starker. While the Westminster
parliament is divided from “the people,”
the Scottish parliament is united with its people, at least over...
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