3 h. ago Work finally begins on one of UK's biggest onshore wind farms in Dumfries and Galloway

The Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm will consist of 44 turbines and be capable of generating enough power for 335,000 homes.

Politics

6 h. ago Why a town surrounded by wind turbines has been forced to bring in diesel generators to keep the lights on

A 'renewable energy powerhouse' will soon receive diesel generators.

Events

65 h. ago Demolition of shopping centre will see new walkway ‘surrounded by hoardings’ link two town centre areas

The demolition of Crompton Place in Bolton will leave a vast flattened area opposite the town hall until it's redeveloped

Economics

6 d. ago Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé audiobook review – from enslaved teenager to celebrated preacher

The novelist’s final work tells a remarkable tale of resilience, based on the life of Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, who was kidnapped by slavers but won his freedomSet in 19th-century Òsogùn in what is now Nigeria, Yorùbá Boy Running opens with 13-year-old Àjàyí reporting a premonition to his mother about dark days ahead. A week later, the town is surrounded by Malian slave raiders and Àjàyí is kidnapped along with his mother, sister, best friend and neighbours. He is taken to Lagos and sold to Portuguese slavers preparing to ship their human cargo to the Americas. But they are intercepted by the British navy, which releases Àjàyí in Sierra Leone, where he is recruited by missionaries. From there, he is put on a path that leads to him to study at Oxford and become a celebrated preacher, linguist and abolitionist who meets Queen Victoria.A remarkable tale of barbarism and resilience, Yorùbá Boy Running is the final work by the Nigerian novelist and film-maker Biyi Bándélé, who died in 2022 ...

Culture

7 d. ago Campaigners fighting Dumfries and Galloway windfarm organise new drop

Hundreds of people have objected to Wind 2 Energy’s plans for nine turbines at Lairdmannoch

Politics

1 week ago US Air Force to bring Super Hercules to International Ayr Show

The United States Air Force will return to the International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight with their C130J Super Hercules,

Society