Nicola Sturgeon has challenged voters in Scotland to decide whether they are content to have the country’s fate decided by rightwing Tories in London or vote for independence. The first minister aga...
THE GREEN MEP running for the new president of the European Union parliament has called for Scotland’s voice to “be heard” in the upcoming negotiations on the UK’s expected exit from the EU. J...
According to a report in the Guardian, salmon prices are set to soar further in 2017 as salmon farmers from Scotland to Norway and Chile try to tackle parasite problems. You may never have heard of Le...
from Geoffrey Botterill John Inglis calls for radical change in the world economic order (see previous Voice) and tells us that he voted for Brexit because of a democratic deficit in the EU. In doing ...
As an island wide organisation, with our hub in Whiting Bay at our re-use community shop, our members travel from all the villages around the island. We are delighted they do this, but many have wishe...
Selected by David Underdown who also writes the commentary. Splitting an order by Ted Kooser I like to watch an old man cutting a sandwich in half, may be an ordinary cold roast beef on whole wheat br...
It is a sad goodbye to 2016 after the loss of Tom Vella-Boyle (pictured right receiving COAST’s Observer Ethical Award from Annie Lennox in 2008). Tom was a key member of COAST’s original ...
Thinking of booking a cruise in the coming year? Consider it a good thing if Arran attracts more cruise ships to visit? Then it might be worth looking at the environmental credentials of the industry ...
from John Kinsman, Coastwatch St Monans Fisherman rescued A creel fisherman was rescued off Shetland after his creel fishing boat ran onto rocks at Sandwick. The Cornucopia hit the rocks around 12.15 ...
Our compiler, Episteme was unable to give us a crossword for January, but here are the answers for the December puzzle. Across:8 Glyceria, 9 Abhors, 10 Kiwi, 11 Nanosecond, 12 Thank You, 14 Iodise, 16...