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SCOTTISH charities are launching a campaign to demand retailers provide braille labelling on food products.

ONCE more for the people at the back: "You have a gender neutral toilet in your house" is not the argument ending zinger you think it is. Is the bathroom in your house findable on the Great British Public Toilet map? No? Well, if you're relaxed about complete strangers turning up and using your toilet whenever they fancy, do create an account and add your loo to the database. It'll come in handy for a great many folk, I'm sure. Following a consultation that was quietly launched last year, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick is now moving to rewrite planning regulations to compel public...

Charity announces opening of new hub in Aberdeen © PRESS AND JOURNAL Community relations manager at Four Pillars, Deejay Bullock A charity will open its new hub this weekend after temporarily closing when the Aberdeen Market Village shut. Four Pillars, which is an LGBT+ health trust, previously confirmed it secured a new location due to the operators of the market going into administration in June. The new hub will provide a safe space for the community and boasts a store selling pride merchandise and exclusive products. Four Pillars’ community relations manager, Deejay Bullock, said: “T...

© Supplied by Disability Equality Scotland Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Claims some disabled people are being denied access to supermarkets without a face covering have been described as “utterly appalling”. Chains including Morrison’s, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are now stopping people from entering their stores without a face covering, unless they have a medical exemption from doing so, while the latter two ...