Parliament to debate grouse shooting – again

By Kenny Smith | March 10, 2020

A petition on grouse shooting will debated by MPs in Westminster. The debate has been triggered by an online petition that has attracted 111,965 signatures – more than the required 100,000 clicks – and comes just four years after a similar debate saw the case for banning grouse shooting totally dissected by MPs. In an online…

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Music out as birdsong comes to shopping centre

By Kenny Smith | May 20, 2019

A Scottish shopping centre is axing music in favour of birdsong – to make shoppers happier. The unusual move by intu Braehead shopping centre to play the springtime sounds of birds tweeting away in the central atrium comes after new research revealed four out of five Scots say they feel happy when they hear the…

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