By Catherine Henderson Stephen Hester, RBS Chief Executive is angry and wants us all to know about it. After the European Union yesterday insisted on the sales of RBS’s most profitable division, Hester has reacted strongly saying “The enforced break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland will make it more difficult for taxpaers to get their [...]
By Catherine Henderson A YouGov poll, commissioned by the Scottish Green Party and released this weekend, showed for the first time Labour ahead of the SNP in Scotland. The results suggest that Labour would win 45 seats against the SNP‘s 41 seats, with Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party with moderate gains of 2 to [...]
By Catherine Henderson With a school roll of just 4 children Flotta Community School believes that small can truly be beautiful, and more importantly can provide a valid and meaningful education to the islanders children. Flotta is one of 20 inhabited Orkney islands, situated in the Scapa Flow and with a population of just over 80 islanders. The [...]
By Catherine Henderson International development charity VSO is offering teachers in Scotland the opportunity to share and build on their skills through volunteering for up to 2 years in over 40 countries across Africa, Asia and South America. The project comes with the added benefit of a government agreed career break scheme which guarantees that jobs will [...]
By Catherine Henderson Acklam Russets, Barack Beauty, Nutmeg Pippin, Knobby Russets … all types of apples celebrated today on World Apple Day. A visit to your local supermarket today is not likely to provide an insight into the rich diversity of the 1200 British apple varieties which still exist. Over 70% of apples eaten in [...]
By Catherine Henderson The figures speak for themselves – 1 in every 4 adults have a diagnosable mental health problem in any one year, unemployed people are twice as likely to commit suicide, the UK has one of the highest rates of self harm than any other country in the European Union. Add to these alarming facts new [...]
by Catherine Henderson The World Health Organisation has issued a new report stating that by the year 2020 depression will be the world’s biggest killer. Hannah Smith, Policy and Media Officer of national charity “Young Minds”, an organisation committed to improving the mental health of children and young people, is not surprised by the report findings. Smith says “We [...]
by Catherine Henderson With this recession being touted as the worst since the 1930′s charities are having to get creative in the methods that they employ to fundraise. Edinburgh based charity “500 miles” which raises funds to supply prosthetics for people in Zambia and Malawi this weekend faced the recession head on, organising a ball [...]
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