The BBC reported that for some the phrase “put a mark next to one candidate” is open to interpretation, especially to one voter who drew a penis on their ballot slip – only for the v...
Alicia Graef at Care2 reports that after being torn from her mother’s side for a life of slavery in Thailand, a young elephant named MeBai has finally been freed and reunited with her mother aft...
Four women from Jura, who were badly injured in a car crash on the mainland last year, have raised nearly £19,000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). The country’s only char...
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Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global subsidies of $5.3tn (£3.4tn) a year, equivalent to $10m for every minute of every day, according to a startling new estimate by the Internationa...
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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 afford...
There was a time when most gardens were conveniently de-slugged by these useful and intriguing little animals, but for a long time now, they seem to have vanished from the island. Their absence follow...
This time-lapse sequence taken from the International Space Station is in high definition and is best watched as full-screen. ...