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Deputy Lord Provost Philip Braat and Sanctuary Scotland director Pat Cahill welcome the hippos with local pupils Ciara Crines, Titus Nyarko and Sophia Zai Three cloned ‘hippos’ saved from extinction have made a welcome return to Glasgow.

The Residential category was won by the Countesswells project in Aberdeen Over 25 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial building projects battled it out for top honours at the 2018 RICS awards, where the Countesswells development in Aberdeen won the Residential category.

A residential development off Craigton Road in Cults by CALA Homes (North) has been recommended for approval from Aberdeen City Council. The collection of 19 homes will also allow the completion of the new Friarsfield link road, a key piece of infrastructure for the local area set out in the Friarsf

Former graduate research trainee Marcia Rae at one of the SUD sites around Inverness A delegation from Iceland is set to visit Inverness this week to view work being carried out on Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) in the city.

The UK's first major conference on hoarding disorder is to be held in Edinburgh this autumn. One of Scotland’s least understood mental health issues, compulsive hoarding happens when acquiring and saving items takes over a person’s life and it is a growing issue in the country.

The Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) loans scheme for Registered Social Landlords 2018/2019 is now open for applications. Loans of between £30,000 and £1 million are available to housing associations and housing co-operatives to install energy savings impro

Work is now underway to improve housing 173 family homes on London Road in Glasgow, which will enhance the quality of life for tenants. Thenue Housing Association has appointed the Regeneration division of ENGIE (formerly Keepmoat Regeneration) to deliver £1.6 million worth of improvement works, wh

(from left) Sharon McLean (Baillie Court’s development manager), Scott Crawford (Braidhurst High School), Melissa Rodger (Braidhurst High School), Mrs Cathy Ferrier (longest Baillie Court resident), Samantha Keenan (Braidhurst High School and granddaughter of Cathy) and Mrs Betty Wallace (Baillie

The final participants at Learning Works with Tracy Lennon (far left), college principal Alan Sherry (second left) and Thenue chief executive Charles Turner (centre) A hugely-successful initiative to help the long-term unemployed in Glasgow’s East End has come to an end after a six year run.

Jeremy Corbyn A future Labour government would rip up the current definition of affordable housing and instead bring in a measure linked to people’s incomes, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Kenneth Lawrie Falkirk Council has appointed current Midlothian Council chief executive Kenneth Lawrie as its own chief executive.

A right to independent advocacy services is to be extended to more people under Scotland’s new social security service. Ahead of the final vote on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Government has put forward an amendment that would see services provided to anyone who, because of a

Scotland’s population has continued to increase for the eighth year in a row to stand at a record high of 5.42 million. Statistics published by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures relate to Scotland’s population as at 30 June 2017 and show the population continuing to age, with just u

Around 400,000 people in Great Britain have been left without gas or electricity because they didn’t have enough money to top up their prepayment meter (PPM), according to new research from Citizens Advice. The charity found that the vast majority of these households (120,000) have people living t

2017 winner Montrose Playhouse Community groups in Scotland can now apply for a share of £250,000, available through Jewson Building Better Communities.