18 h. ago Mother of injured girl tells Southport inquiry ‘our girls deserve an apology’

The public inquiry heard impact evidence from four families on Wednesday.

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35 h. ago Scouts bring colour and community spirit to Greenock care home

Residents of HC-One Scotland’s Merino Court Care Home in Greenock, Inverclyde, were recently treated to a heart-warming display of community spirit as Cubs, Scouts, and Leaders from the 85th Greenock & District Scout Group swapped their hiking boots for paintbrushes in a hands-on community project.

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5 d. ago Ambassadors appointed to help lead estate agent's homelessness project

Estate agents operating across Scotland have been appointed to play a role in helping luxury property specialists, Fine & Country, reduce homelessness across the UK, and beyond.

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6 d. ago Shotts senior citizens join digital leaders from St Patrick’s Primary School for Driving Digital Locally intergenerational project

This is the tenth session to take place as part of this project and was held over three weeks at Shotts Community Centre.

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7 d. ago ‘I cut off his head six times’: the sculptors behind football statues

Sculptors discuss their craft and the pressure of preserving a player’s likeness and legacy for generation of fansBy Nutmeg magazineAt its heart, football is about community. A feeling of shared identity and purpose. A place where supporters gather to watch their team. The games, goals and moments that live on in the club’s collective memory through a shared act of will. The people responsible for these defining moments – shrewd managers, inspiring captains, prolific goalscorers – are increasingly immortalised in statues.A sculptor is enlisted to preserve their likeness in a single definitive pose. The subjects take on a size and form, literally larger than life, befitting the impact they had on the club and community that chooses to honour them. According to the Sporting Statues Project, which is run by Chris Stride and Ffion Thomas, there are more than 100 football statues in the UK. The vast majority have been made since the turn of the millennium and there are even more in progr...

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2 w. ago New project capturing memories of Scottish whaling communities launched by historian Dan Snow

The Whalers’ Memory Bank brings together new and lost stories of Scottish whalers and their intrepid adventures on South Georgia island.

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3 w. ago How Scotland’s new supercomputer project will prepare UK sectors for new AI frontiers

The recent news that Scotland will host the United Kingdom’s most powerful supercomputer may have raised more than a few eyebrows, but its location could be transformative for many diverse industries.

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4 w. ago Mother says Southport project a thank you to ‘community that saved us’

The Government has pledged £5 million for the work at Town Hall gardens.

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