D-CON is the highest attended free anime, art and gaming convention in the UK. Last years event attracted over 2000 visitors and showcased work from well known UK based concept and manga artists. Dundee, Scotland. 05/03/2011
Imagine a world where a sheet of newsprint can talk to you, measure your responses to local issues and provide entertainment along the way. This is what the universities of Surrey, Central Lancashire and Dundee have in trials.
Scottish local election counting is under way using the complex single transferable vote system, with the SNP hoping to build on their Scottish Parliament election success.
Demonstration by 'Women in Black' , a network of women world-wide committed to peace with justice and opposed to war and other forms of violence. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 18/09/2010
'Exercise Tartan Casino' will take 14 days with the soldiers passing through Rome, Paris, London and Edinburgh cycling around 125 miles per day. Edinburgh, UK. 17/03/2011.
Working alongside participatory photography organisation PhotoVoice, young Glaswegians affected by homelessness photograph and peer educate in hostels around Glasgow, creating images to inform policy makers of the changes they see needing to happen.
UK Uncut activists dressed as doctors and nurses a staged a peaceful protest in Boots, the high street retailer in Oxford St against their avoidance of UK tax. Their actions forced the closure of the store. London, UK. 30/01/2011
Scottish youth football clubs held a minutes silence to honour Raymond Kelly, President of the Scottish Youth Football Association, and 26 year Secretary of the Aberdeen and District Juvenile Football Association.