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Stephanie Clark The number of Scots companies, communities, farms and landowners making their own electricity has risen by more than 50 per cent in the last year.

Nicola Sturgeon Scotland will become one of the first countries in the world to sign up to a new international action plan to tackle poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development across the globe, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Scotland has topped a poll of the area of Britain where people would most like to remain if they had the choice. The ‘Happy Homes’ project by Beagle Street aimed to explore why people love where they live, and where they would wish live in Britain, regardless of any personal circumstances.

A new independent energy supply company, the first in the UK operating on a non-profit distributing basis, plans to be selling heat and power to tenants in 200,000 homes across Scotland by 2020. Our Power Energy, a subsidiary of Our Power Community Benefit Society, has been founded by 35 member orga

The leader of North Lanarkshire Council has been reported to a watchdog for not declaring his friendship with executives at a company at the heart of a multi-million-pound council housing repairs deal. According to The Herald, Mears Scotland secured substantial concessions in its housing repairs con

SBHA staff Mike Wagner and Nicola McIlwraith Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) is to tackle fuel poverty after it was successful in winning a grant from the Scottish Government.

By James Battye at Shelter Scotland This week National Registers of Scotland released their updated household estimates for 2015. They show that the number of Scottish households has grown by 18,200 in the past year. In 2014, there were 2.42 million households in Scotland, an increase of around 169,

Ricky Henderson The first official step towards a jointly led health and social care service will take place on Friday when the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board meets for the first time.

Around 75 flats could be built at the site of a fire-ravaged college in the West End of Glasgow, according to reports. New plans for the homes, at the former Balshagray campus, on Broomhill Drive, are set to go before Glasgow City Council by the end of this month.

An Aberdeen city square could be home to up to 13 new apartments under plans tabled for a former office block. West Coast Estates is seeking permission to transform a vacant building in Aberdeen’s historic Golden Square. Developers said the £3.5 million work would help regenerate the city centre

A fifth of people aged 60-69 are making adaptations to their homes to make them suitable for their needs as they age, new research has revealed. The study, from Age UK Trading, revealed that over a quarter of these had made the changes because they believe thinking about the future is important in o

Volunteers and staff from Parklea Branching Out receiving a cheque from CCG. Also pictured is Heather Dowds, River Clyde Homes’ neighbourhood planning development officer Contractors CCG, who are building new homes for River Clyde Homes in Port Glasgow, have donated a rotary cutter to a local comm

Almost two-thirds of children in poverty are living with parents who work, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found. A new study by the research institute concluded that while levels of absolute child poverty were unchanged between 2009/10 and 2013/14, the proportion living in a working fami

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened a new £1.6 million council housing development in Coatbridge yesterday. Princess Anne unveiled a commemorative plaque and spoke to residents at the site in Summerlee Street where 14 new homes have been built.

A vital service provided by Aberdeen Cyrenians has received a much-needed funding boost, allowing the charity to extend its service provision. The Advice, Information & Support Drop In service, which is provided five days per week, has faced an uncertain future due to recent funding cuts.