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Joint call on affordable homes
Four national charities, including Scottish Churches Housing Action, have written to Margaret Burgess MSP, Minister for Housing and Welfare, with a joint call to set an ambitious target for new affordable homes…
Trident security concerns raised by whistleblower
Residents and visitors on Arran are used to seeing the chilling shapes of submarines passing the island, but now the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, has been urged to investigate a catalogue of…
Dutch government pays up for fracking earthquakes in Holland
A series of earthquakes caused by fracking in Holland came to a head in 2012 when a 3.6 magnitude quake caused widespread damage to buildings. The Dutch government admitted that it had…
… and for Greece
Katy says: The people of Greece have been asked to pay a huge price and suffer unbearable attacks on living standards over the past five years in order to bailout failed bankers.…
Why privatise ferry routes?
The Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) have always been in the public sector, but now the Scottish Government’s decision to re-tender for a new eight year contract opens the way to…
Machrie Slipway
The residents’ viewpoint. It is with great concern that Machrie residents learned of the Forestry Commissions proposals for timber haulage, a stacking area and slipway to be built in the village. As…
Ferry Good …
… or maybe not! Arran is becoming known as the "Poor Man of the Clyde" after an abysmal performance by the CalMac ferry during January. We had the Hebrides for three weeks…
TTIP marches on
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has a lot of people worried. It's an American-led partnership that regards trade and profit as the most important things in the world,and it wants…
Dame Vivienne Westwood goes Green
The famously flamboyant designer has pledged her full support for the Green Party in the fun-up to the election. She said, 'The general public do not trust the current economic system and…
Monsanto named Most Evil Company of the Year
Members of an international group called SumOfUs have voted for Monsanto as the world's worst company. This year alone, Monsanto sued a tiny U.S. state for daring to label GMOs, and terrorised…
“This stop is ……”
Anyone on the train from Ardrossan to Glasgow recently may have noticed with mild interest that Ardrossan Town has morphed into Cambuslang. ‘This stop,’ the recorded announcement assures us, ‘is Cambuslang.’ This…
Free school meals for P 1, 2 and 3
Arran’s MSP Kenneth Gibson sends us news that the Scottish Government has decided to provide healthy school meals to all pupils in Primaries 1, 2 and 3, free of charge. This will…