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A 69-year-old Midlothian woman who has knitted every day for the last 30 years has created a variety of Christmas teddies ahead of the festive season. Irene Bishop, who lives at Bield’s Whitehill Lodge in Dalkeith, has completed over 15 intricately designed knits, including penguins, logs, snowmen

Housebuilder Persimmon has been fined by Perth and Kinross Council for a breach in planning regulations, its second indiscretion at the same site. Workers for the firm were caught on site at its 300-home Lathro Park development in Kinross on a Sunday morning.

Housebuilder McTaggart Construction has delivered over 100 work placements this year alone. The company offers work placements to employability programme participants from the areas in which it is building new affordable housing, and this has been a record year for the company’s sustainable commun

A Glasgow hub for retailers, entrepreneurs and local creatives has launched a Christmas appeal with Simon Community Scotland to gift homeless people with the essentials they need to survive the winter in the city. The public can donate items to a dedicated drop off site within COLAB which, in partne

The Amiqus and Umega teams Edinburgh letting agent Umega Lettings is working with Leith-based start-up Amiqus Resolution to streamline and automate its client and staff compliance processes.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has removed the regulation plans for four housing associations after receiving the relevant assurances it required. The Regulator will now have low engagement with Cassiltoun, Cathcart & District, Linthouse and Molendinar Park housing associations.

Cllr Susan Aitken and Linda Malone, chairperson of New Gorbals Housing Association New Gorbals Housing Association welcomed Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, when she visited their brand new housing development to help handover keys to new tenants.

A statue of Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been unveiled on the 90th anniversary of his death by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The statue by Andy Scott is believed to be the world’s first public sculpture celebrating Mackintosh, one of Scotland’s most famous sons.

Bruce Forbes Bruce Forbes on how charitable fundraising alone cannot solve homelessness and that stating otherwise can understate the severity of the problem.

Kevin Stewart MSP The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has secured Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government, housing and planning, to be its opening speaker at its From Homeless to Housed Conference taking place in Edinburgh this week.

Former Leith Academy pupils Natalie Wingate and Sharon Black helped mark the opening of Hermitage Court in 1993 Port of Leith Housing Association is celebrating landmark anniversaries of not one but two sheltered housing developments which have played a big part of life in Leith for 25 years and 30

A human rights advisory group set up by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recommended that the right to adequate housing should be included in an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership published its final report yesterday with seven recommen

Clare McNally (left) and Robyn Rae from Hillcrest Hillcrest has teamed up with charity Togs for Tots to Teens to donate a sleigh-load of gifts to children suffering poverty in Dundee.

For the second year running, staff at Manor Estates Housing Association have donated Christmas-themed food, gifts and treats to the local Salvation Army food bank, in addition to providing a £100 donation to the work of this good cause. Warmly received, the donation will help families and single pe

Edinburgh has been ranked as the most livable city in the world – though it needs to address its growing inequality in housing provision if it is to maintain its standing. Research by global consultancy Arcadis found that Edinburgh’s internationally renowned status as a centre of history, cultur