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Maggie Page
Maggie was a press and parliamentary officer for eight years. She is now at the Scottish Arts Council, and has worked on a diverse range of stories and campaigns. She has a degree in Politics and Social Policy and a Masters in Urban Studies, and has always had an interest in housing and homelessness issues. She started to write for The Pavement during her maternity leave to stop her brain turning to mush.

Newsman's homeless days in new autobiography

July 3rd 2010

Scottish journalist tells of a post-war hostel childhood - and a successful career

One of Scotland's top journalists Frank Hurley has written an autobiography (pictured) about his childhood days recounting his c...

Blocking tactics

July 3rd 2010

Aberdeen Council rejects a proposal for a much-needed homeless hostel

Aberdeen's chronic hostel shortage has received a further blow with the Licensing Committee blocking a proposed new hostel in th...

Festival time

June 6th 2010

Get out there and enjoy the music, dance and drama on the streets

The streets are alive with festivals and gala days this summer, and here's our pick of those that readers might enjoy. Come rain...

Held to account

May 5th 2010

A bank with a difference has opened its second branch in Greenock

The recent banking crisis has exposed just how reliant our national economy is on the banking system; our banks have become so b...

Hostel evacuated from neighbouring blaze

May 5th 2010

Fifty-eight hostel residents evacuated because of nightclub fire

Fifty-eight residents of a Glasgow homeless hostel were evacuated to safety during a huge fire in a neighbouring disused nightcl...

Scottish government publishes homeless stats

May 5th 2010

Applicants are down overall, but rose in the latter half of the year

The Scottish Government published its annual homelessness statistics in March revealing that there were an estimated 28,862 appl...

Aberdeen Council given go-ahead to sue itself

April 2nd 2010

City Council fights itself over the threatened closure of an  hostel

The threatened closure of a homeless hostel in Aberdeen has lead the City Council to become embroiled in a legal dispute... with...

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