Red squirrels are returning to parts of Aberdeen where they haven’t been seen in decades, as efforts to control grey
squirrels start to take effect.
The news from the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) comes a year after the launch of a project to protect Scotland’s native squirrel by culling greys.
Shiply.com founder, Robert Matthams (pictured), has been named Most Outstanding Entrepreneur and overall BT Essence of The Entrepreneur 2009, just months after being placed runner-up in the Green Challenge from the Postcode Lottery.
The postcode has been with us in Britain since 1959, and by 1974, the postcode system covered Britain.
The postcode in its present form is a mixture of six letters and digits, with 124 postcode areas, 2,869 districts, and 9,516 sectors, giving a total of 1,671,528 postcodes for 24.5 million addresses.
But what about a lucky postcode?
In a new report entitled ‘Severe Child Poverty in Scotland 2010’, Save the Children have revealed that almost 10% of children in Scotland are living in families which have less than £33 a day to spend.
Shocking new research by Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use, has highlighted Scotland’s problem with underage drinking.
Around 300 school age children are admitted to hospital each year with illnesses relating to alcohol. The figures, published by the NHS, revealed the full extent of the problem, as a staggering 2,009 children have been admitted to hospitals across Scotland for alcohol misuse in the last 6 years.
Today will see Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres launch its very first Love Maggie’s Day, to take place on Friday 26th 
March. From now until Love Maggie’s Day on Friday 26 March the charity hopes to raise £100,000- and they need your help to do so!
A potent image from a 2009 Cadburys marketing campaign in South Africa has resurfaced in light of the Kraft takeover of the most wonderful of quintessential British brands, Cadbury. But what will the deal mean for Cadburys?
In the South African print advertisement, the Man Size Cadbury Lunch Bar is presented as shark bait- symbolic, perhaps, in light of recent announcements of Kraft’s successful bid at ownership of the organisation. Read more…
Scottish island Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides has won a much coveted green energy prize.
Celebrating part of a £1 million prize, the community scheme has received £300,000 from NESTA in recognition of the work done to transform their community into a low carbon environment.
As The Simpsons celebrate their 20th anniversary and recently aired their 450th episode, the BBC have created a 
collection of the top 10- in their opinion- classic Simpsons episodes. Those most memorable are listed below- have you seen them all?
Where Paris Hilton once reigned, a new celeb trend has come into force- gone are those teeny tiny Chihuahuas and 
Yorkie-sized pups neat enough to fit into any self respecting celeb’s handbag. The new celebrity pet craze?
Not quite as high maintenance as the purse-pooch, this new trend wouldn’t take kindly to ribbons in it’s fur- not least as it has none. However, their list of fans are still blue-chip. What with Victoria Beckham and Rupert Grint (aka Ron Weasley) championing these tiny creatures, stardom surely awaits…
