19 h. ago This pub has been named the best in Wales in a village with some of the best views you will find

The National Pub and Bar Awards 2025, organised by Pub and Bar magazine, were held in London on Tuesday night, with pubs across the UK recognised.

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37 h. ago Two Paisley schools celebrate clinching national equalities award

Pupils from Glencoats and St Fergus' primaries in Ferguslie have been awarded the 2025 Champions for Change award by leading charity Nil by Mouth.

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52 h. ago Scotland's best pubs crowned including one in city that isn't Edinburgh or Glasgow

The winners of the National Pub and Bar Awards have been revealed.

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58 h. ago Residents urged to get behind local businesses in West Lothian during Independents Day weekend

The national awareness campaign aims to shine the spotlight on independent businesses and retailers

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3 d. ago Beatson Cancer Charity awarded £82,950 Young Start grant to support RadioTherapy podcast

Beatson Cancer Charity has received a Young Start award of £82,950 from The National Lottery Community Fund to continue the success of RadioTherapy – a podcast created by and for young people who have been diagnosed with cancer.

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3 d. ago The best pubs and bars across the UK named at the National Pub and Bar Awards 2025

These pubs have been named the best in their region 🍻

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3 d. ago Dolly Parton, 79, announces major career news almost 10 years after quitting touring

The 79-year-old national treasure - who's only a Tony Award away from elite EGOT status - has kept herself busy since suffering the loss of her husband Carl Dean on March 3

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4 d. ago Northeastern’s London campus wins national award for apprenticeship degree provision

Northeastern’s London campus wins national award for apprenticeship degree provision  Northeastern Global News

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5 d. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland must get serious about women and create a system that welcomes them in, not keep them out

Our insitutions still treat women’s needs as inconveniences, a reader argues

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5 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s Compass Project wins 2025 National Youth Work Awards honour

The project supports young people who are in, or at risk of, conflict with the law.

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9 d. ago Britain's most beautiful pub has been named and it's not where you would think

The Forester in Ealing, west London, has won a national CAMRA Pub Design Award, which recognises the most stunning, historically significant and lovingly restored pubs across the UK

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1 week ago College lecturer becomes first Scot to win Silver Award for Further Education Lecturer of the Year

New College Lanarkshire's Neil McMullen honoured at this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards.

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1 week ago Plans for new women's service at the State Hospital in Carstairs

It will enable women to be treated in Scotland who previously could only have been placed at Rampton Hospital in England.

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1 week ago Popular Scottish pub known for being heart of the community wins prestigious award

An East Renfrewshire bar is one of just six in the UK to win a national award for community impact.

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1 week ago 'Investment in saving lives': Contract for alcohol and drugs crisis outreach service approved by Renfrewshire councillors

Elected members authorised senior officers to award deal to nationwide charitable organisation Change, Grow, Live.

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1 week ago Breast cancer breakthrough could see new drug halt rapid spread of diseased cells

One in eight women in Scotland will be diagnosed with breast cancer but a breakthrough could be on the horizon

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2 w. ago Campaigners consider legal action against Scottish government after supreme court gender ruling

For Women Scotland says public discussion around legal definition of women has shifted to debates about toilets policyFor Women Scotland, the group responsible for April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex, is considering further legal action against the Scottish government as they warned the key motivation for bringing the case was being lost amid debates about policy on toilets.At a fringe event at the Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh, the gender critical campaign group’s co-director Susan Smith said there had been “extraordinary pushback” since five judges ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Women Scotland group mulls more legal action after UK supreme court gender ruling

Campaigners say they have spoken to Scottish government about lack of action on prisons and schools guidance amid focus on toiletsFor Women Scotland, the group responsible for April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex, is considering further legal action against the Scottish government as they warned the key motivation for bringing the case was being lost amid debates about policy on toilets.At a fringe event at the Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh, the gender critical campaign group’s co-director Susan Smith said there had been “extraordinary pushback” since five judges ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The controversial reason Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami are playing in the Club World Cup

Fifa held back a ‘host nation’ spot which was awarded to Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami out of the blue

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2 w. ago ‘There’s nothing else like it’: the Ritz is crowned best restaurant in the UK

Described by judges as ‘London’s most decadent dining room’, the 119-year-old venue topped the National Restaurant awards’ list this weekIt is lunchtime in central London and hungry patrons are filing into the newly crowned best restaurant in the country.This time, it is not a sparsely furnished warehouse conversion where you have to squint to see your natural wine. Nor is it a buzzy A-list hotspot, where the chefs will vet your social media before you have even arrived. Continue reading...

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