Asylum Hotels by Lowra Tulloch
In a news article I heard of there was an Outrage about Asylum hotels. In the first quarter of this year, just over 32,000 asylum seekers were in hotels across the UK. Another 66,000 were housed in taxpayer-funded “dispersal” accommodation.
Storm Petrels by Isla Spriggs
Why are storm petrels important to Mousa? Storm petrels are important to Mousa because the island is a crucial predator-free breeding ground for the vulnerable European storm petrel.
The storm petrels nest within the crevices of the islands ancient iron age broch as well as under rock and in boulder beaches. There are about 12,000 storm petrels on Mousa.
The new Scottish Referendum
What is it and what would it mean for Scotland?
The Scottish independence referendum was a vote in Scotland, where the people decided whether to become an independent country or not. They could vote to be independent; This would mean that Scotland would be a separate country from the rest of the UK. Or they could vote to stay in the UK and continue being one country. The vote happened on the 18th of September 2014 and most of Scotland voted to stay.
