Tag: Aid

Funeral Support Payment to be increased

Business

Joe Hutchison - February 5, 2020

Extra support will be made available for people on low income benefits to pay for the cost of a funeral. The Funeral Support Payment’s rate...

University carol concert to aid couple’s stillborn charity

Business

Joe Hutchison - December 11, 2019

“Nothing prepares you for going into hospital and not leaving with your baby,” says Paul Mills. Eight years ago he and his wife Jenny were...

Snow-hit streets of Edinburgh are being cleared with military precision

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - December 9, 2010

IT started on the stroke of 11.30am with the kind of military efficiency you’d expect from the combined ranks of the Army,...

£300,000 pledged to Pakistan flood victims

Christine Lavelle - September 2, 2010

By Amanda MacMillan FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has announced an extra £300,000 for the flood victims in Pakistan and praised the aid efforts of the...

Susan Boyle yet to be asked to sing for Haiti

Deadline News Journalist - January 21, 2010

By Cara Sulieman SCOTS singing star Susan Boyle is almost certain to be asked to take part in recording a Song for Haiti. Showbiz reports across...

Carol Smillie urges generous Scots to dig deep for charity

Deadline News Journalist - September 1, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond TELLY presenter Carol Smillie has revealed Scots are recession-proof when it comes to helping out charities – as she urges the nation...