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Social Bite fundraising campaign tops £4m for homelessness in Scotland
A festive fundraising campaign to tackle homelessness in Scotland which saw thousands of people sleep rough for a night in Edinburgh has raised more than £4 million. Social Bite raised the money...
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New development manager for Scottish Churches Housing Action
Scottish Churches Housing Action has welcomed Heather Zajac as its new development manager as 2018 gets underway. Heather has experience in volunteer co-ordination with Fresh Start in Edinburgh, and...
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‘Sickness has infected the Catholic church in Scotland: Not an ounce of...
The dawn of the new year brought with it an old tale with some familiar themes for the Catholic church in Scotland, writes Kevin McKenna in the Guardian. These included an attitude towards some of its...
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Lewis islanders strike back over Star Wars Sunday cinema
When the curtain goes up on a screening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on the Isle of Lewis this month the sound of intergalactic conflict is likely to be drowned out by an unholy row*. On a Hebridean...
View ArticleBuckfast sales hit record high with monks raking in £43million from the tonic...
Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine have raked in more than £43 million in the past year, new figures have revealed. Sales of the caffeine-fuelled wine rose three per cent, from £41.9million to a record...
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Rosslyn Chapel visitor numbers reach record breaking high
Rosslyn Chapel has reported a record breaking year – with more people visiting the site than in 2006, when the Da Vinci code film was released, catapulting the 15th century chapel into the...
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East Lothian homelessness retail shop celebrates 20 years
The Bethany shop in Gullane, one of several retail shops run by homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust, will celebrate 20 years on January 17. But this is not just your average charity shop; it’s...
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Obituary: Alan Ross, Church of Scotland minister, accountant
Alan Ross Alan Ross, a retired minister of the Church of Scotland died suddenly on 3 December while on holiday with his wife Kay in Cyprus. Born in Renfrew to Hubert and Isa Ross, he was the younger...
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New chief executive for Scottish Churches Housing Action
Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA) has announced the appointment of David Cressey to succeed the long-standing chief executive Alastair Cameron on his retirement. David Cressey Currently programme...
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Obituary: Kenneth Peat Forrest, civil servant and minister who lunched with...
Kenneth Peat Forrest Kenneth Peat Forrest, who has died aged 75, was a senior civil servant and minister of the Church of Scotland. He was born in 1942 and brought up along with his brother Gordon by...
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