Volunteers

PD Arnie has graduated as a police dog despite harsh conditions in his early life

Puppy graduates as police dog after being found during raid

Metropolitan Police officers march along The Mall in London as they head to their positions for of the coronation processions of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Coronation: Street safety volunteers arrested over rape alarm concerns

Sally Field pictured with the late Paul OGrady

Britain's oldest dog walker crowned coronation champion by RSPCA

The cast for the highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has been revealed. (Credit: Getty Images)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - full cast

Thousands of volunteers are needed to offer their helping hands over the course of King Charles III’s coronation celebrations - Credit: Getty Images

King Charles III coronation looking for thousands of volunteers

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patients

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of conspiring to cause public nuisance at Silverstone British GP

Just Stop Oil guilty over British GP track invasion - watch protest

A dead 12ft whale was washed up on the banks of a British river last week.

Huge dead whale found washed up British river bank

Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, have gone missing in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Two British men who volunteered in Ukraine go missing

A walrus called Thor was spotted having a rest at Scarborough Harbour ahead of the New Year

Walrus pays a visit to Scarborough harbour en route to the Arctic

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

April Jones went missing in October 2012 - her body was never found.

Mystery of April Jones as Channel 4 documentary revisits murder

The charity will create a £300,000 bike track in the park.

Alford charity handed part of Haughton Park by Aberdeenshire Council

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

Flossie, pictured here with new owner Vicki, has been named the world’s oldest cat by the Guiness Book of World Records.

UK cat Flossie officially named world’s oldest moggie

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

National World campaign: A day in the life of a Trussell Trust worker

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

National World launch Trussell Trust winter fundraiser

EasyJet is bringing its Fearless Flyer course back to Gatwick Airport on Sunday, November 27, to help nervous flyers take control and overcome their fears. Picture by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images

Passenger dies during flight between Cyprus and London

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

An MCR Pathways mentor and mentee. Picture: Rebecca Scolley.

Wellbeing-focused tech firm Frog Systems supporting mentorship with new tie-up

From left: Heather Ramshaw, Clan’s ecommerce and retail coordinator and Clan volunteer, Brenda McIntosh. (Photo:Colin Rennie)

CLAN on lookout for 100 new volunteers as charity prepares for milestone year

Helen Kidd: Does your charity board need some new ideas? What it takes to become a charity trustee

Ad Feature What do you need to be a charity trustee?

Hebridean islanders, like these hardy souls evacuated from St Kilda in 1930, have unique DNA

Hebridean DNA study to investigate link between disease and genes

The boat starts to sink off Pettycur (Pic: Kinghorn RNLI)

Lifeboat crews called out as boat sinks off Kinghorn

Performers take part in the Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh.

11 images capture Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival celebrations on Mayday

Volunteers at the Klub Orla Bialego (White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, sift through donations made by members of the public. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

How Scots can help to support Ukrainians during the conflict

Hearing Diagnostics co-founder and CEO, Claudia Freigang (right), explains the hearing test process to volunteer Susan Christie. Picture: Jamie Williamson

Hearing test developer asks Central Belt volunteers to 'lend an ear'

Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh and Glasgow councils ask staff to cover shifts at care homes

The body of the Sei whale was towed to Burntisland, so it can be properly disposed of.

Body of rare Sei whale that died after becoming stranded has been removed

Craig Russell is author of Hyde (Little, Brown) which won the McIlvanney Prize 2021. Picture: Contributed

The book that most inspired me to write was a library book - Craig Russell

Conservationists have now identified the animals as being from a group of bottlenose dolphins that feed and breed in Scotland's Moray Firth.

Pod of Scottish dolphins help save swimmer stranded off coast of Kerry

Volunteers from Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team were called to the incident on the summit of Snowdon by North Wales Police at about 1.30pm on Wednesday.

Women hospitalised after being struck by lightning on mountain

The rescue took place in poor weather conditions.

Injured climber taken to hospital after 50-foot fall at Bullers of Buchan

The historic walkways at Dysart Harbour

Dysart's historic harbour set for repairs

Amanda Amaeshi, Girlguiding Advocate, Girlguiding Scotland

Volunteers who empower girls and young women each and every day - Amanda Amaeshi

BHF has worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of all those who come in store is their top priority.

Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do - James Jopling

Picture: PA Media

Call for Scottish volunteers to trial first plant-based Covid-19 vaccine

Oxfam's music shop on Glasgow's Byres Road - one of 41 of the charity's stores in Scotland. Picture: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam.

Oxfam issues urgent appeal for more shop volunteers in Scotland

The new study will be conducted on over 800 participants (Photo: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A trial to confirm if Covid vaccine types can be mixed is underway - what we kno...

Phil Johnson

Comment: Why critics of lower league suspension are missing the big picture

Christmas is a particularly hard time to be homeless (Picture: Nick Ansell/PA)

How this Christmas I saw humanity at its best – Grant Campbell

The NSPCC has called for more volunteers.

Concern over 'devastating' impact of pandemic as Childline recruits volunteers

Volunteers with the RNLI Kessock Lifeboat were called out twice last nigh to assist with searches near Inverness.

Busy night for RNLI with two call-outs near Inverness

Freight lorries and drivers at Manston airfield, Kent, after French authorities announced that journeys from the UK will be allowed to resume after the coronavirus ban was lifted, but those seeking to travel must have a negative test result.

'Nobody goes hungry when the Sikhs are around' - Volunteers deliver 1,000 Domino...

Sikh communities and a football team came together to feed stranded Dover lorry ...

Loneliness and social isolation can have a serious effect on health (Picture: John Devlin)

How kindness is an effective vaccine for loneliness – Jane-Claire Judson

Samaritans Scotland has said spending Christmas without loved ones is one of the biggest concerns among callers to its helpline.

Samaritans Scotland say callers are concerned about spending Christmas alone

A third clinical trial in search of an effective Covid vaccine has begun in the UK. (Pic: Getty Images)

How to sign up for the Janssen, Oxford and Novavax jabs - and if you get paid

Professor Jacob George, University of Dundee’s School of Medicine

Hundreds of Fife volunteers needed for COVID vaccine test in Dundee

Five year old Dougal MacAllister, whose grandmother set up the "Shine Bright Scotland" campaign.

Analysis: Are there any bright sides as clocks set to go back?

Researchers are urging more people to sign up

Over 11,000 Scots sign up for coronavirus vaccine trials

Hawick Rugby Club President, Rory Bannerman

Scots rugby club to convert its pitch into beer garden

Researcheds are asking people to share their home DNA test results

Home DNA kit test results to be used in fight against Coronavirus

The rare small blue butterfly, the country's smallest, is mainly found at coastal sites in Moray, Caithness, Angus and Berwickshire

Winging it: Have you seen Scotland's tiniest butterfly?

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The Scotsman Crossword and yesterday's answers 15/05/20

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A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf tries his hand at hedge trimming during campaigning in Pollok (Pic: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Humza Yousaf predicts SNP won’t lose seats at next General Election

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government