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Meet sixteen of Glasgow’s best upcoming artists at one day exclusive art exhibition and sale SKINT. On the 16th of March at The Old Hairdresser’s, 20-18 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH enjoy the exclusive opportunity to view, invest in and meet some of the future greats of the Scottish art scene. Sales of artwork will go towards fundraising for Scottish, Glasgow based charity, Project Ability. Visual arts organization, Project Ability, has an international reputation for excellence; established in 1984. Creating opportunities for people with disabilities and mental health issues between the ages of 5-80+. Project Ability further works in partnership with people and support agencies around the UK to develop local, national and international opportunity. This exclusive opportunity is one you will not want to miss. A fantastic chance for the art enthusiast and admirer alike to see some of the latest art techniques to the best use, and to invest in the future of the Scottish art scen...

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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...

People across the UK gan together to support the unfortunate souls in Calais. The UK government has been under fire in the recent weeks throughout the crisis that some are referring to as the biggest Europe has seen since World War Two. David Cameron, the UK's current Prime Minister has held strong against allowing refugees into the country, although much of the UK population is in uproar about this decision, with petitions filling up social media to allow refugees into the country. Following the tragic event where a young child washed up on the coast David Cameron announced that the government would reconsider they're stand. However any change is yet to be seen. The rest of the EU is also under fire from Germany's Merkel. So far Germany has been the only country to fully open it's doors to refugees, and demands the EU as a whole follow suit, taking their fair share of the crisis. Today hundreds of Brits are clearing out their cupboards for shipments going out...

For those of you who haven't heard yet Word magazine has hit the streets of Glasgow. From the writers behind the Student Record, Word magazine is a free publication full of the content you want to read. Placed in Glasgow Clyde Colleges, Libarys and select Glasgow stores pick up your free edition of Word today while stocks last.

Red nose day is fast approaching, with brilliantly entertaining shows all ready hitting our screens to raise money for the event, including the so far fantastic and hilarious Bake-Off for Red nose day, which has yet to disappoint. As with every year the red noses are out on the streets, however unlike previous years this time there are a total of nine noses to collect, including a possible golden prize winning nose, and also unlike last year and to some people great irritation the noses are bagged, making it a complete gamble as to which one you'll get and making it even harder to collect them all. As of last year the Red Nose day group have released a selection for other exciting red nose day products, including, my personal favorite, a red nose day teapot! However do not get too excited, although most of this years Red Nose day products are available for purchase from the red nose website, others have been distributed to particular stores and are only available from the...

The commute is a relatively common experience for members of the British public. It is an art form of tired worn people, dancing amongst each other and fighting for seats. The commute is where you will most likely catch every cold of the season. It is where you'll grow extremely well at balancing sue to endless hour's forced into standing due to the seemingly endless shortage of seating. But the worst thing many would say about their daily commute is the boredom. Without a friend of 'travel buddy' on is isolated on the commute. A battle between courtesy and the ability to complete ignore those around you.  It is this boredom that drains many people on their commute, the inability to do anything slowly sucking ones soul away. The art to the commute is to find a way to fight of this boredom. To read is one of the best and most widely adopted method to escape boredoms clutches, however when forced to standing, reading becomes less of a liable option. Another way to d...

If you are anything like me you will have put learning to drive off until you absolutely had too. There where a number of things which prevented me from getting behind the wheel, and, unlike most the cost wasn't the biggest thing. No, my biggest worry about driving was my personal disbelief that I, only of eight stone and five feet one inch, could possibly, ever, make something as big as a car move. Every time my mind climbed over the wall that stopped me from thinking I could move the car I was assaulted by fears of endless stalling, the possibility of turning the car directly into a ditch, veering into a car that was overtaking for I failed to remember where the break was, and the ultimate worry that I would turn an inicent by-stander into a pancake. My first ever driving lesson was just before last Christmas. My mother arranged it, refusing to accept my refusals to do it. Thankfully she did arrange it for a tutor from her area and for when I would be visiting for the holid...

Basing any prior knowledge on the flashy, awe grabbing advert for the new reality T.V. show on BBC Three, I survived a Zombie Apocalypse, one had hoped that the show would be just as existing as the advert was. Hope thrived on the idea that putting regular people into such a scenario would bring out the best and worst qualities in an amusing, secretly recorded non-scripted way. Seeing the show finally pop up on BBC IPlayer gave cause to drop everything else just to watch it. The opening credits infused the idea, based on the long growing suspicion that radio waves are bad for our brains in some as of yet unknown way, the possibility that heightening these waves to far could cause serious neurological damage, and in this case cause the feared 'Zombies' It was all very flashy, clever and almost believable, well that is until the people started pulling in. There clips bringing you back to the sad reality that is British society, the fact that these people would be instructed...

Adelaide, South Australia finally overcomes the biggest fire since the bushfires of Ash Wednesday in 1983. The fire known as the ‘Sampson Flat’ fire started at around 10am on Friday the 2 nd January 2015, welcoming the New Year with terror for all of Adelaide’s citizens. The fire quickly spread burning approximately 30,888 acres of the Adelaide Hills. Over 700 South Australian Country Fire Service volunteers fought the blaze, alongside with members from fire crews across the nearby areas and a record breaking 31 aircraft. The fire was finally put out completely on the 9 th of January, after eight days, thanks to the sudden appearance of the heaviest rainfall in Adelaide and South Australia in 30 years. Ian Tanner from the South Australian County Fire Service, during the fire, said: “There is not a fire service anywhere in the world that could put out this fire at the moment.” The fire ate through 32 homes and 125 outbuildings, tearing through people’s homes and destroy...

J.K. Rowling , born July 31, 1965, is a globally renowned author. She is best known for the Harry Potter fantasy series, the first novel of which was published in 1997, and went on to become a worldwide phenomenon including a series of movies. Through these books Rowling made children’s books a possible field for authors across the globe, completely changing the way we see the children’s novel. She donates to charities on a regular basis. Particularly towards MS groups, and during the recent Scottish referendum donated money to the Better Together campaign. In 2013 she released her latest book The Casual Vacancy. Andy Murray , born May 25, 1987, has been Britain’s number one tennis player since February 2006, and is currently ranked number six in the world. He is a two-time Grand Slam winner, and is arguably Scotland’s best sportsman. Born in Glasgow, Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and was pre...

Callum Ullman-Smith proves young genius still exists with his study of Palmate newts. Photo; Callum Ullman-Smith with best friend Smudge, playing on an x-box 360 in his family home. A 12 year-old schoolboy is making a name for himself in the scientific world after delivering a talk to experts at a conference in Edinburgh this week. (19 th of October) Callum Ullman-Smith, age 12, gave a talk about his study of the Palmate Newt to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Symposium in Edinburgh, on Sunday. Callum, who stated monitoring the unusual Palmate Newt population when he discovered it at the age of seven, has found fame on the BBC News, newspapers and online sites across the nation and some globally, including the New York-based online news site The Dodo. “I feel like I’ve done something important” For a near teenage boy this virtual fame has not gone to his head, he said: “I feel fine about it [fame], it was actually quite good fun. “I feel known. I fe...

Glasgow Clyde College Students Fundraises for Brightest Star and Laurens Life Lines. A charitable group of students from the Events and Management course at the Glasgow Clyde College took it upon themselves to use an event opportunity to raise money for Glasgow based charities. The group worked together over several weeks to prepare the one day event to raise funds and awareness of Lauren’s Life Lines and Brightest Star. Organiser of the event and student Demi Graham, 16, or Barrhead high school, which is in partnership with the college’s Events and Management course said: “We had to put on an event for our course. So we all decided that the money we got from it should go to charity. “The charities mean a lot to us as we know how our members of the course have felt through difficult times. “We chose them [the charities] because Kyle and Chelsea are connected to them. “Kyles little cousin is Lauren from Lauren’s Life Lines and Chelsea her little cousin sadly passed...

Callum Ullman-Smith proves young genius still exists with his study of Palmate newts.   Photo; Callum Ullman-Smith with best friend Smudge, playing on an x-box 360 in his family home. In recent times it has been believed that the young were getting dumber, taken over by advanced technology and consumed by the internet, there was little hope left. However Callum Ullman-Smith has shown that he is just as smart, if not smarter than the average adult. At the age of 12 Callum Ullman-Smith is now a renowned name in the scientific world, following his talk about his study of the Palmate Newt to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Symposium in Edinburgh, on Sunday the 19 th of October. Callum started monitoring the unusual Palmate Newt population he personally discovered at the age of seven. Now, he has been on the BBC news, and has been covered by newspapers and online sites across the nation, and some globally, including the New York based online news site The Dodo. ...