The UK has today pledged fresh humanitarian support for the Rohingya people living in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The support comes ahead of the looming cyclone and monsoon season, and includes help to vaccinate almost one million people against deadly cholera. Continue reading UK aid to help people in Cox’s Bazar ahead of monsoon season
He is known as the ‘go-to man’ in resolving major international conflicts, is currently working on historic new relations between North and South Korea, and was a leading mediator in the Middle East, the Balkans and former Soviet Union.
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This #RehomingWeek18 (7 – 13 May) the Scottish SPCA is reminding anyone looking to buy or rehome an animal to consider rehoming one of the older animals in the care of their centre in Edinburgh. Continue reading You CAN teach an old dog (or cat!) new tricks: SSPCA Rehoming Week
The North West Locality Improvement Plan (LIP) has been developed to help organisations design and deliver improved services across the North West of the city of Edinburgh – and now YOU can help to make the plan even better. Continue reading Have your say on LIP Action Plan
A new mission to Mars involving UK science will be the first to study the heart of the Red Planet and measure ‘Marsquakes’ from its surface. The NASA InSight mission, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, launched from California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 12.05pm (BST) yesterday (above). Continue reading Next stop Mars: InSight to study earthquakes on the Red Planet
The Scottish Affairs Committee will take evidence from Ross McEwan, CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday (8 May). The session will examine the reasons behind the decision to close 62 branches of RBS in Scotland, subsequent temporary reprieve for ten branches, and the long term future of local banking in Scotland. The Committee will also hear from the Lending Standards Board, the self-regulatory body for the financial services sector. Continue reading Scottish Affairs Committee to quiz RBS chief on branch closures
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has met with former nominees and winners of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards to encourage other people from Lothian to make a nomination. Continue reading Briggs backs Young Scot Awards
Renowned photographer Rankin has captured the extraordinary kindness shown by British Red Cross volunteers who helped in last year’s emergencies in London and Manchester. The UK terror attacks and Grenfell Tower fire caused significant loss of life, and led to one of the largest humanitarian responses by the British Red Cross here in the UK since World War Two. Continue reading Rankin captures kindness shown during last year’s emergencies in London and Manchester
A Scottish Parliament committee is calling for a radical rethink on Scotland’s new Screen Unit to ensure it can help Scotland’s dynamic screen sector reach its full potential. Continue reading Committee urges Government to see the bigger picture
