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The Scottish National Party (SNP) 2018 Conference is taking place from Friday 8th June - Saturday 9th June 2018 in the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC). The gathering comes at a time of a remarkable eleven years of SNP government in Scotland. About 2,000 delegates are expected to attend the two-day conference in Aberdeen and the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the party's leader, will speak on Saturday afternoon. In her welcome notes in the conference guide, she says the event "marks the start of a new chapter in Scotland's road to independence".

Manx Radio has at last acknowledged that when it comes to the TT there are ‘a few voices off’ with this item - that surfaced briefly with even a link across to Tranceltic sharing billing with NBC and the Washington Post...wow:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/tt-danger-has-world-watc...

All around the world people participate or are spectators at Scottish Highland Games. Seen as a way of celebrating Scottish customs it is one of Scotland’s biggest cultural exports. Features of the Games include competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, heavy athletics, as well all kinds entertainment and exhibits related to many aspects of Scottish and Gaelic culture.

Kernow

6 mis Metheven 2018

Contained in the inspection report of National Minorities published following the publication of the fourth opinion on the United Kingdom by the Council of Europe on 27 February, 2017 following their visit and fact taking tour, the following was said of the BBC:

Kernow

6 mis Metheven 2018

The call for increased rights for Cornish people continues.

There has been much inaccurate reportage instigated by the BBC following a recent You Gov survey. Small numbers of people were asked misleading questions and of this organisation’s many hundreds of members, many subscribe to YouGov but not one has been involved in this survey. The results of this survey has been interpreted incorrectly by a number of mainstream media outlets and English extremists in an attempt to declare Cornish identity subsumed by England.

Response from the campaign group 'Kernow Matters'

We note with some wry amusement the comments made by the organisation 'Campaign for an English Parliament'

Irish President Michael D Higgins has apologised to thousands of women forced to work in the country's Magdalene Laundries. The Magdalene Laundries were also known as Magdalene asylums. These institutions were usually run by Roman Catholic orders but were supported by the state. It has been estimated that over 10,000 were confined in these prison like institutions in Ireland. They housed so-called.  "fallen" women who were branded as both a mother and a criminal if they happened to have a child outside of marriage.

Edward Lhuyd

Edward Lhuyd was born in 1660 and was educated at Oswestry Grammar School before going to study law at Jesus College, Oxford in 1682. Lhuyd had a great interest in antiquities, botany and geology and shortly after going to college he turned his attention to the experimental scientific work that was conducted at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He left the college before graduating and he was appointed as one of the vice-curators of the Museum in 1687 and then as curator in 1691.

In a joint effort between volunteers from Aberystwyth Friends of the Earth and Ceredigion County Council a programme of bee-friendly planting is being undertaken in the grounds of Aberystwyth Castle (Welsh: Castell Aberystwyth). As reported in the Welsh newspaper Cambrian News, Ceredigion council have provided the plants and equipment while Aberystwyth Friends of the Earth provided the volunteers. The plants chosen are specifically known to attract pollinating insects like bees.

Thousands of Scottish independence supporters marched through the streets of Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris) in south-west Scotland on Saturday. The event was one of a series being organised by All Under One Banner across the country. The demonstration had a police estimated 10,000 attending. The Dumfries event followed a similar march in Glasgow last month and further ones in different parts of Scotland are planned in the weeks to come.