Ferret Underground: St Ferret's Day

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Tuesday marked St. George's Day, the annual celebration of the patron saint of England, Georgia, Portugal, Russia and Catalonia.

Now everyone has different ways of honouring this venerable figure. In Catalonia, the day is honoured through the exchange of flowers and books, while in Bulgaria, feasting and parades mark St George.

In London this year, some people took a different approach, and celebrated their patron saint by brawling with police officers.

Not quite so traditional.

No such displays of violence were recorded on National Ferret Day on 2 April, so we feel we have the moral high ground here.

A fossil fuel giant awarded new North Sea oil licences by the UK Government has links to an Israeli company which has been supplying fuel to the IDF.

Vehicles belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) can refuel at hundreds of petrol stations owned by Delek Israel, under a contract agreed in 2020.

Delek Israel is part-owned by Israeli energy conglomerate, Delek Group, which also owns the Aberdeen-headquartered oil company, Ithaca Energy. Delek describes Ithaca as its “operational arm” in the North Sea.

Join us for our second 'Open House' event in conjunction with Greater Govanhill magazine at The Community Newsroom in Glasgow. The topic is: Food Insecurity.

More people than ever are reliant on food banks, not only in Glasgow but right across Scotland. What’s more, the cost-of-living crisis means fewer donations, leading to food shortages and crisis situations. But it was never meant to be like this - food banks started as an emergency measure, not a solution in themselves.

Do you have a story you’d like to share about food insecurity? Maybe it’s direct experience or you could be working with an organisation, or your community, to make things better. Do you have ideas about how the media should be telling the story better? Or you might just want to hear what others think.

Join us on Friday 26 April. All are welcome and it’s free but please click the link and sign up for a ticket as numbers are limited.