Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with … a herd of cattle

Source:: Kevin McKenna Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with … a herd of cattle The population is down to six. But the community believes its radical experiment could be the key to the Hebrides’ future At Scotland’s western edge, made jagged by ancient elements, a new model for living is taking shape. Ulva, a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Mull, is beginning to reverse decades of population decline.The island’s current population is six but before another generation has passed it’s expected to grow tenfold. Once, it had a… Read […]

Scotland’s revenge porn laws to be more effective

Source: John Robertson Scotland’s revenge porn laws to be more effective As well as a much more severe 5-year maximum sentence compared to the English 2-year maximum, the Scottish law has the crucial additions of penalising the threatened as well as actual disclosure of intimate images and the reckless as well as intentional causing of fear, alarm or distress to the victim. These differences have been praised by Dr Samantha Pegg of Nottingham Law School as enabling the Scottish version to avoid the pitfalls in the English system. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/law/how-scotland-has-improved-revenge-porn-laws-r5pgkhn7r Scotland’s Justice Secretary Michael Matheson made this point clear: ‘There […]

Westminster parties rerunning of the referendum makes them look fools!

Source:: Dick Winchester Westminster parties rerunning of the referendum makes them look fools! I suppose given that I’ve written previously about so many similar instances I really shouldn’t have been surprised when I read that an organisation called “Social Investment Scotland” was doing a deal to help fund a developer of low carbon projects install an Australian developed micro combined heat and power unit (MCHP) on initially seventy but potentially up to three hundred and fifty properties across Scotland with a view to helping residents reduce their fuel bills.  The company producing the… Read the full article:: Dick […]