It’s rubbish when you don’t get answers to your questions, especially from politicians. But what if you could make them tell the truth? Jamie Lafferty investigates freedom of information
IT’S August. The exam results are in and you’ve narrowly missed out on getting into the university course of your choice. You’ve heard rumours that other people with similar grades have been accepted on to the course, so why haven’t...
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VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS AND SHAPE THE FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. By Paul Dalgarno.
JADE Goody knows it; George W Bush knows it, and they're not the sharpest tools in the box. Scottish politicians and councillors are pretty keen that you know it too, especially with a double whammy of elections just months away....
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Politicians aren't just a bunch of old fuddy-duddies - young people are getting in on the act as well. We asked two of the youngest who stood for parliament to chart their own campaigns. This is how they got on.
Peter Lyburn, 22, stood for the Conservatives in Dunfermline West May 4, 5:30 am: There were a lot of weary, worn-out and weepy individuals gathered round the vote monitor in the middle of a local sports halls in Fife ...
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Politicians aren't just a bunch of old fuddy-duddies - young people are getting in on the act as well. We asked two of the youngest who stood for parliament to chart their own campaigns. This is how they got on.
Peter Lyburn, 22, stood for the Conservatives in Dunfermline West May 4, 5:30 am: There were a lot of weary, worn-out and weepy individuals gathered round the vote monitor in the middle of a local sports halls in Fife ...
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AS SCOTS PREPARE TO GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 3 FOR HOLYROOD AND COUNCIL ELECTIONS, FRESH OFFERS A 3-PAGE GUIDE TO VOTING. By Jamie Lafferty.
STUDYING, sleeping, watching Deal Or No Deal the reasons why young people don't vote are many. Other, more serious, factors include: not being registered; not knowing what to do; or even not knowing what day it's all happening on....
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