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Extra $20 a week not enought to fix housing crisis for beneficiaries - budgeters Justinlatif © The centre also gives out 120 food parcels a week as well as clothing and bedding. It is currently f... The centre also gives out 120 food parcels a week as well as clothing and bedding. It is currently facing a blanket shortage due to demand driven by the recent cold snap. Run Thursday While welcoming this month's benefit increase, a group of South Auckland budgeters say it is going to require more than a few dollars to fix the "horrifying" debt faced by so many of their clients.

Marc Walsh came off the bench to give 155 delighted Brandywell supporters plenty to cheer about.

Thieves monitoring social media to target farm machinery >More in © Adobe Stock/Simon Collins EyeEm Criminal gangs are monitoring social media posts by farmers to create “shopping lists” of tractors and quad bikes they then steal from farms. Thieves are using the social media profiles to pinpoint farms where desirable machinery is kept before carrying out raids. Offenders are also joining or “liking” farming Facebook pages, including community groups, rural watch groups, and police liaison groups to stay one step ahead of farm...

A COMMUNITY group has been successful in its bid to buy the Fetlar kirk. It is the first time a church set for closure has been taken over by a community group. The Church of Scotland said the final details are still being worked out with the solicitors, “so it is not “signed, sealed, and delivered’ yet”. 10 of 13Adverts “But all going well they should take possession soon,” it added on Facebook. “We are really pleased that their hard work has paid off, and wish the whole Fetlar community every joy in their continued use of the church building.” There a...

The Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA) and the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) are demanding action from members of the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), whose members include leading retailers, feed producers and processors committed to sustainable quota shares. Both Norway and the Faroe Islands raised their mackerel quota shares by 55 percent after coastal nations failed to reach an agreement on how to divide up the catch. Norway supports of zonal attachment, where fishing quota is linked to where the fish are located but Norway has been catching less mac...