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This site, and all content within is created by Anna-Roisin Ullman-Smith, the mind behind The Readers Guide and No Edit magazine.

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In personal life news I am happy to announce that as a fictional story writer I have been nominated for the 2017 Wicked Young Writer Awards, adding to my nomination from this year for the Scottish Student Journalism Awards (SSJA 2017)

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Scorrail introduces no smoking regulations

Have you heard? Scotrail has rolled out no-smoking regulations on all of there platforms! Surely this is something to rejoice amongst all of the terrible things that have happened this year, especially recently. However, I cannot help but be very sceptical of this new arrangement. In England the no smoking rule has been rolled out across all stations for years, showcased by brightly coloured signs up and down platforms warning of possible fines for smokers. Though a reasonable idea the result is not pleasant. When at an open-air, small train station down in England, though there are in fact no smokers on the platforms, they are even more unavoidable than before. Now unable to smoke on the station, they gather in hives at the gate entrance, a spot where the regulation dose not stretch and where they can still see and run for their trains at the last minute. This collective of smoking individuals is something any person seeking to board a train at the same station must pus...

Read Nicola Sturgeons Full Address To Parliament On The Manchester Attack

On Tuesday evening First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave this statement to the Scottish Parliament about the Manchester attack; "Presiding Officer, "It is with great sadness that I rise to speak today. "Last night in Manchester we witnessed a horrific attack on innocent people enjoying a music concert. "My thoughts, those of this Parliament - indeed, the thoughts of all the people of Scotland - are with those who have lost loved ones or sustained injuries in this dreadful atrocity. "There can be nothing more cowardly than attacking children and young people enjoying a fun night out. "Across Scotland today we stand in solidarity with the people of Manchester - a great city with which so many people in Scotland share a close affinity. "I have this morning also written to Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, offering the condolences of the Scottish people and pledging any possible practical support that the Scottish Government or any...

Aurora Science 2017; UK Supports Space Exploration

The first mission in the Aurora programme, ExoMars, will search for traces of past and present life. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO for short, will be sent out to detect and characterize trace gases in the Martian atmosphere and gain a better understanding of methane and other atmospheric gases that could be evidence of biological or geological activity on the pant service. Set to launch in 2020, the ExoMars rover will search the red planet for signs of biosignatures from past life preserved within the subsurface, using a 2m drill. Prior to the launch of ExoMars, InSight, a NASA mission set to launch next year, will investigate the interior structure and processes of Mars by placing a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. The hope is that the data collected from this missing will help scientists to understand the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets and determine the present level of tectonic activity - the movement of the planets surf...

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