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Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time
homeless deaths
Homelessness

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time

Scotland introduces rent freeze and eviction ban to protect tenants from cost of living crisis
Nicola Sturgeoun announces rent freeze in Scotland
Renting

Scotland introduces rent freeze and eviction ban to protect tenants from cost of living crisis

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand
Atlas of Scotland
Books

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
Witches and spell book
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills
Seagreen
Energy crisis

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills

The number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland surges by almost a fifth
child in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

The number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland surges by almost a fifth

'Completely unprecedented': Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction
Image of man in hazard suit approaching dead bird.
Bird flu

'Completely unprecedented': Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction

Michael Gove interview: Scottish independence 'would be vandalism'
Politics

Michael Gove interview: Scottish independence 'would be vandalism'

Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze
rent freeze Living Rent campaigners
Renting

Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze

Police accused of using 'fear tactic' after arrested climate activist banned from protests
Climate activist Jen Kowalski
Protest

Police accused of using 'fear tactic' after arrested climate activist banned from protests

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!
To launch our Schools Sell-Off in partnership with Social Enterprise Academy, Big Issue vendor Anabel (centre) met pupils Orla Maxwell, Aaron McKenna, Kierston Gibb and Willow Michael from St Bernard’s Primary School in Glasgow.
Sponsored content

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world
Social Enterprise Schools share experiences across the globe
Sponsored content

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Local elections

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

'Sufficient appetite' to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland
A European Lynx sitting in the snow
Rewilding

'Sufficient appetite' to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland

Soup kitchen says it's feeding young children every night as cost of living crisis hits
homeless project Scotland feed children in the cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Soup kitchen says it's feeding young children every night as cost of living crisis hits

Yoga for cooped-up kids gets a boost with Big Issue funding
Big Issue Invest

Yoga for cooped-up kids gets a boost with Big Issue funding

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands attend cost of living protests in cities across the UK
Placards at the cost of living protest in London 2022. Image: arry Knight/Flickr.
Cost of Living Crisis

Thousands attend cost of living protests in cities across the UK

'My entire life is in that house': 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik
Glasgow housing hit by climate change
Housing

'My entire life is in that house': 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country's homelessness crisis
Homelessness

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country's homelessness crisis

UK tree planting is being 'outpaced' by the number lost in climate change events
Tree uprooted in storm
Climate crisis

UK tree planting is being 'outpaced' by the number lost in climate change events

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