14 h. ago Kirkcudbright woman to run London Marathon for cause close to her heart

Rebecca Jackson is tackling the famous race to raise money for the MS Society.

Politics

2 w. ago Bathgate woman celebrates Mother’s Day in style after winning makeover competition

Isobel Peel was chosen out of hundreds of nominations for an exclusive pamper prize at The Centre, Livingston.

Politics

2 w. ago Elderly Clackmannanshire woman conned by bogus caller looking for money 'to get home'

An elderly woman in the Dollar area of Clackmannanshire was targeted by a bogus caller who defrauded her out of cash.

Politics

2 w. ago Woman, 25, charged after police find '£180k worth of heroin' on M74 near Lockerbie

Police officers stopped a car at around 8.25pm on April 4 and found heroin with an estimated street value of £180,000.

Economics

3 w. ago Women behind the lens: ‘Through needle and thread, a quiet defiance of patriarchy’

One of a series of photographs taken across India in which women, many of them abuse survivors, use traditional needlework to embellish portraits of themselvesThis is a portrait of Praween Devi, a woman I met in 2019 through a local organisation while working on my project Nā́rī. I met her alongside other women who gather in their back yards to embroider together, sharing stories over cups of chai.When I asked to take her photograph, she suggested the main hall of her home, mentioning its lack of decoration and how the walls were bare except for a framed image of flowers and, notably, a photograph of all the men in the house. Before we began, she brought in a rug from another room, subtly curating the space. As I composed the shot, I included the photograph of the men, wondering how she would choose to alter the image through embroidery. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Family of 'recluse', 82, win court battle to reclaim £650,000 home he left to cafe waitress, 38, before death

Richard Joy’s family argued he was too mentally frail to understand what he was doing when he handed over deeds to woman he met in local cafe

Events

3 w. ago Woman goes to local nightclub – but is floored by what she finds on dancefloor

Leah McArthur has claimed that "clubbing culture is dying" after she shared the dismal experience she had on a dancefloor at a UK club on a Friday night. It left her floored

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3 w. ago Woman visits UK nightclub – what she finds on dancefloor leaves her floored

Leah McArthur recently visited her local nightclub, and she couldn't believe what she found when she got there. The dancefloor was not at all what she expected

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