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Mr Jonathan Hannay, consultant surgeon at NHS Golden Jubilee, took the Global Citizenship Award at Scotland’s Health Awards in 2025.

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First Minister Humza Yousaf. Image: Robert Perry/Press Association.

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Fashion Sakala is in talks with a Saudi Arabian club about leaving Rangers.

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Fashion Sakala has revealed he receives regular abuse when away with the Zambia national team. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

Rangers star reveals 'vicious insults' from Zambia fans in social media post

The adventurer is keen to work with Scottish businesses to help his charitable endeavours. Picture: Yes Films.

Entrepreneur-turned-adventurer showcasing African expedition at Edinburgh event

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-Zainabu Haroub Said, who travelled 600km to Muhimbili, Tanzania for skin grafts and operations to treat severe burns. (Pic: Daud Lyon, KidsOR)

Edinburgh-based KidsOR charity has changed the lives of 50,000 youngsters

Dr Phyllis Kisa, paediatric surgeon and urologist and a lecturer in the department of surgery at Makerere University, Uganda.

Scottish charity KidsOR pays tribute to female paediatric surgeons

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Internationally acclaimed author Wilbur Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, his publisher announced November 13, 2021

Novelist Wilbur Smith has died aged 88

A plaque has been unveiled commemorating Britain’s first black train driver.

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Fashion Sakala of Rangers looks ahead to Wednesday night’s Premier Sports Cup quarter-final tie against Livingston at Ibrox. (Photo by Kirk O'Rourke)

Sakala reflects on 'tough journey' as he targets Ibrox success

Enoch Adeyemi, Founder and CEO, Black Professionals Scotland

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A displaced woman gets her ration of maize at a camp for people displaced by flash floods in Bangula, southern Malawi, in 2019 (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland will not cast aside its values and cut international aid –Jenny Gilruth

Bongani Zungu in action for South Africa during the 2019 African Cup of Nations. Picture: Getty

Rangers midfielder earns international recall

Dr Gavin McColl working in a clinic in Zambia.

Glasgow aid worker told why one young boy's life was 'not worth it'

EuroMillions winner Colin Weir is supporting Scottish charity Africa on the Ball which aims to build the best community team in the world in Zambia, Kalingalinga FC near Lusaka.

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Bee-keeping is traditionally a male preserve in Zambia but increasingly women are learning the necessary skills and achieving surprising results

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gertrude humooya, a small scale Zambian farmer

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Mary Mulligan, Churches Development Officer for Christian Aid Scotland.

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Duncan Bannatyne is backing a Mary's Meals campaign aiming to help hungry children in Zambia which sees every donation doubled. Picture: PA

Duncan Bannatyne backs Mary’s Meals campaign to help hungry kids in Zambia

Jayne Gray died in a road accident while on a charity cycle ride. Picture: contributed

Tributes paid to Scottish fundraiser killed in Zambia

Jayne Gray was on a charity bike ride in Zambia.

Tributes pour in to fundraiser tragically killed in Zambia

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International Development Minister Alasdair Allan said: "Our Humanitarian Emergency Fund aims to provide emergency life-saving aid to those in most need." Pictre: Jon Savage

Scottish Government pledges Â£293k for DR Congo humanitarian projects

The Young Emerging Farmers Initiative (YEFI) in Chitambo, Zambia

May East: Youth leading the way in growing income for Zambia's poorest

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In Zambia, there is only one anaesthetist per one million people. Picture: Getty Images

Niharika Lal: Only one third of the world's population can access safe surgery

Peter Stagg leaps highest for the ball at a lineout against France at Murrayfield in 1966. Picture: Hamish Campbell

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EDINBURGH, UK - 29th September 2016: The leaders of Scotland's political parties hold up a large model of planet Earth to illustrate their commitment to do everything they can to create a healthy planet for future generations. The event coincided with a special mass lobby of MSP's organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, which brought nearly a hundred people from all over Scotland to meet their MSP's at the Scottish Parliament and demand that government makes the cahnges needed to deliver a positive and lasting difference for the climate. Pictured left to right Patrick Harvie - Scottish Greens, Ruth Davidson - Scottish Conservative, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale - Scottish Labour and Willie Rennie - Scottish Liberal Democrats. (Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY)

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Emeli SandÃ© has returned after a four-year absence. Picture: Calum Buchan

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Zambian President Edgar Lungu, of the ruling Patriotic Front, casts his vote. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Tight presidential race expected as Zambia goes to polls

Regi Monroe, president of St Andrews University Tennis Club, is pictured with young players at Olymoic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka. PIC contributed.

St Andrews students take '˜Andy Murray effect' to Zambia

Holywood actress Louise Linton, from Lasswade

Scots actress Louise Linton accused of '˜lies' over memoirs

A young Robert Glancy

Robert Glancy: '˜I thought it was normal to have a crocodile in the school pond'

A volunteer cook from Scottish charity Marys Meals, which is to receive Â£5 million funding from the UK government, serves food to a girl in Malawi. Picture: PA

Scottish charity Mary's Meals wins Â£5m funding
A Scottish charity that provides meals to more than a million impoverished children around the world is to benefit from Â£5 million in UK government funding.

Clara Govier, Head of Charities and Communications at Peoples Postcode Lottery; Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and CEO of Marys Meals; and Sanjay Singh, Trusts Manager at Peoples Postcode Lottery at the shed, which acts as Magnus office and the charitys headquarters in Dalmally, Argyll

People’s Postcode Lottery Award Mary’s Meals £200k

David Livingstone

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Three homeless collegues who work in the kitchen.

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Loyalty card to help Scots homeless

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Social Bite loyalty card buys lunch for homeless

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Former Mastermind quiz show host and Glasgow Caledonian University chancellor, Magnus Magnusson. Picture: PA

Magnusson award allows students to change the world

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Tim Visser, Matt Scott and David Denton show their support for the BIG dinner. Picture: YouTube

Big dinner: Scottish rugby lends its support

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Auction: bid for dinner with Ian Rankin and Hardeep Singh Kohli

Auction: dinner with Ian Rankin and Hardeep Singh Kohli

Olivia Giles is calling on city residents to back the BIG Dinner plans. Picture: Jane Barlow

Big Dinner: Helping those in Africa with lost limbs

Olivia Giles. Picture: submitted

Dine with friends at home and help African amputees

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Former London railway porter who became Zambias president. Picture: Getty

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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