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The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
This is all that remains. But there's hope in these ruins
Except that the plans for its regeneration and rebirth have taken another step forward this week with a big dollop of cash – £4.4million – from the City Deal, which is funded by both the UK and Scottish governments. It's the arrangement that built the Govan/Partick bridge and the aim's the same: to build infrastructure and transport networks, fund key regeneration projects, and encourage private investment, the theory being that strong communities are more than houses – they are the links between the houses and the places people go to be together. The £4.4m means this latest project in the East End of Glasgow really is going to happen. The East End is a perfect choice as well, because a lot of the regeneration (some will call it gentrification) is under way already. I don't know when you were last in Duke Street but get yourself up there: it's one of the city's liveliest and healthiest high streets in Glasgow and is getting especially known for its places to eat. My favourite is La Bodega, the Venezuelan café just off the main road. I go there and order some arepas piled high with tomato, avocado and aji and sit out on the street with the dog and check out the signs of regeneration/gentrification and the signs that there's still some way to go. La Bodega is a strong recommend from me but there are lots of other places like it. The change that's happening in the area has already been noticed by the sort of people who do lists – Time Out magazine voted Dennistoun the eighth coolest neighbourhood in the world – and although those kind of lists are annoying, there's a shred of truth in it this time. There are also up sides and down sides. Large parts of Glasgow have become unaffordable for students and young professionals (the ones who bring the cool) and so they've found new places and Dennistoun is top of the list. The danger, and it's happening in some parts already, is that the unaffordability spreads here too. Read more A church and a warehouse up in flames. So what's with all the fires? Glasgow's rubbish-bin millions: where has the money gone? 'Get it up ye Sturgeon!' The new front in the trans war But you can't fight capitalism – it's been tried – all you can do is work with its forces and try to mitigate the negatives, which is why the plan for the old sheds in Dennistoun has a good chance of working, and could even provide a model for the future. There was a time when the sheds, built in the late 19th to early 20th century, were Glasgow's meat market; then towards the end of their life, they became a car mart and now the plan – paid for in part by the £4.4m – is for sports facilities, a bar, café as well as a path and cycle route through the middle of the site connecting Bellgrove Street and Melbourne Street and on into the centre of the city. Whatever the finished plan looks like, it'll be a big change. It also indicates – I think, I hope – the shape of things to come and how the regeneration of Glasgow can proceed from here. We know the history don't we – a lot of us have lived it. In the 50s and 60s, large parts of the city were cleared and people were moved out to the edges; Castlemilk and the other estates. The middle classes also started to retreat further and further out and are still there, safe from the clutches of the Glasgow council tax. We also got the new housing estates of the 90s and 2000s; in fact, they're still going up, soulless, treeless, and built around the car and the road and the retail park. It's been the model of development in Glasgow for 60 years and it's failed the city completely. The alternative is possible in places like Dennistoun, and Govan, and Cessnock, and others: urban, brownfield regeneration that builds muscle on the skeleton that's already there – in the Georgian and Victorian housing, the high streets, the parks, and sites such as the Meat Market. It's already happened to some extent with the flats that have been built on the edge of the site, which are mid-market rentals. The key now is to build on the momentum, which is where the £4.4m comes in. There are new flats on the edge of the site (Image: Newsquest) So there's hope in the ruins and it's bigger than just the Meat Market because the project is part of the much larger Collegelands Calton Barras project, also funded by the City Deal. If it's done well, it may help to address some of the big issues Glasgow faces, mainly the depopulation of the centre. The great swathe from the Merchant City out to Dennistoun has incredible potential: it's walkable, it's cycleable, you have one of the city's greatest parks nearby. And yet large parts of it, such as the Meat Market, are totally untapped. Developed in the right way, it could stop the drain to the B&Q estates on the edge of the city; it might even reverse it. There's also the possibility of tackling another of the problems that's plagued Glasgow (and other cities to be fair) which is the slow death of mixed communities. One of the great joys of moving to Shawlands in the early 1990s was the broad mix of people, ages, races, and classes in the tenements and flats and houses but thanks to property prices, that mix has narrowed to the middle i.e. the middle classes. Shawlands was always a nice place to live but I suppose another word for it would be the dreaded G: gentrification. The same danger exists with Dennistoun and the East End; people like me are part of it. But handled properly – and the mixed rent flats that have gone up there recently are a good sign – there's a chance to create the sort of mixed community that works best for everyone. Perhaps, if the Meat Market plan goes ahead, we'll see the mix working. I'd like to go back soon, and get my lunch in La Bodega, walk the dog through the park, and revel in the change. Ruins made good. Hope from the rubble.
Yahoo
02-08-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
How one small clinic proves hepatitis C doesn't have to be an epidemic
Although it's been over a decade since game-changing curative drugs for hepatitis C were approved, progress has been slow and treatment remains out of reach for many. But one small clinic in Buffalo, New York, is proving that doesn't have to be the case. Hepatitis C is a silent epidemic in the U.S., affecting up to 4 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people don't know they have it. Left untreated, the disease can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. With a model that's faster, more accessible and remarkably effective, La Bodega, a clinic at Erie County Medical Center, is curing patients at a staggering rate. One of those patients is Lindsey Groffenberg, who quit drugs and was cured of Hep C at La Bodega. "When you're coming out of addiction, and you're trying to recover, the last thing you want is to feel small," she told CBS News. "When I entered La Bodega, I asked them, 'So, when's the doctor gonna come in?' And he said, 'I am the doctor.'" That doctor was Dr. Tony Martinez. "One of our mottos is 'come one, come all,'" Martinez told CBS News. "It's a very safe, stigma-free space, you know, I think people feel that when they come here." Groffenberg now helps others navigate recovery. Success stories like hers have made the clinic a model program. La Bodega gets Hep C patients on treatment in a single visit, and has a track record of curing about 98% of its 7,000-plus patients. New FDA-approved testing machines help speed up treatment. The testing machines, Martinez explained, allow them to see a patient and in that same visit confirm their diagnosis and initiate their meds. As drug costs have dropped, access should have improved, yet so far, less than a third of Americans with Hep C have been treated. Success stories like La Bodega's have policymakers seeking a national plan to eliminate Hep C. In Washington, a bipartisan bill backed by Senators Bill Cassidy and Chris Van Hollen would invest federal funds into wiping out the disease. The average patient with Hep C can rack up as much as $46,000 a year in medical costs. Treating patients early could save the government an estimated $7 billion over a decade. "This is a monumental step forward for anybody who has Hep C — they'd get access to medications," Martinez. Arkansas officials reveal new details about Devil's Den murders of husband and wife Reporter's Notebook: Diane Arbus' photography legacy Exhibition of influential photographer Diane Arbus' work opens in New York
CBS News
02-08-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Hepatitis C is a silent epidemic in the U.S., but this small clinic is proving it doesn't have to be
Although it's been over a decade since game-changing curative drugs for hepatitis C were approved, progress has been slow and treatment remains out of reach for many. But one small clinic in Buffalo, New York, is proving that doesn't have to be the case. Hepatitis C is a silent epidemic in the U.S., affecting up to 4 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people don't know they have it. Left untreated, the disease can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. With a model that's faster, more accessible and remarkably effective, La Bodega, a clinic at Erie County Medical Center, is curing patients at a staggering rate. One of those patients is Lindsey Groffenberg, who quit drugs and was cured of Hep C at La Bodega. "When you're coming out of addiction, and you're trying to recover, the last thing you want is to feel small," she told CBS News. "When I entered La Bodega, I asked them, 'So, when's the doctor gonna come in?' And he said, 'I am the doctor.'" That doctor was Dr. Tony Martinez. "One of our mottos is 'come one, come all,'" Martinez told CBS News. "It's a very safe, stigma-free space, you know, I think people feel that when they come here." Groffenberg now helps others navigate recovery. Success stories like hers have made the clinic a model program. La Bodega gets Hep C patients on treatment in a single visit, and has a track record of curing about 98% of its 7,000-plus patients. New FDA-approved testing machines help speed up treatment. The testing machines, Martinez explained, allow them to see a patient and in that same visit confirm their diagnosis and initiate their meds. As drug costs have dropped, access should have improved, yet so far, less than a third of Americans with Hep C have been treated. Success stories like La Bodega's have policymakers seeking a national plan to eliminate Hep C. In Washington, a bipartisan bill backed by Senators Bill Cassidy and Chris Van Hollen would invest federal funds into wiping out the disease. The average patient with Hep C can rack up as much as $46,000 a year in medical costs. Treating patients early could save the government an estimated $7 billion over a decade. "This is a monumental step forward for anybody who has Hep C — they'd get access to medications," Martinez.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Scorpio Gold Appoints Leo Hathaway as Executive Technical Director
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 28, 2025) - Scorpio Gold Corporation (TSXV: SGN) (OTCQB: SRCRF) (FSE: RY9) ("Scorpio Gold", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Leo Hathaway to its Board of Directors and management team as Executive Technical Director. Leo Hathaway, P. Geo., is a Professional Geologist with 30 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry and is currently Executive Chairman of Golden Shield Resources Inc. and Senior Vice President of Lumina Gold Corp. Mr. Hathaway played a pivotal role in the acquisition, advancement and sale of the ten original Lumina Copper projects in the Americas to seven different companies, aggregating $1.65bn. He has also had key involvement in numerous successful public and private ventures, such as Ventana Gold's La Bodega project in Colombia and its $1.5bn sale to AUX, as well as the origination, acquisition and advancement of Lumina Gold's 20.5moz Cangrejos gold project in Ecuador. Mr. Hathaway holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Geology from the University of Plymouth, an MSc in Mineral Exploration from Imperial College, London. He is a registered Professional Geoscientist with EGBC. "Leo's appointment is a transformational step for Scorpio Gold as we gear up for a new era of exploration-led growth," said Zayn Kalyan, CEO and Director of Scorpio Gold. "His exceptional track record of value creation in high-grade, multimillion-ounce discoveries and strategic exits aligns perfectly with our renewed focus on Manhattan's world-class potential. As we shift our attention toward defining and expanding resources at this historically rich and underexplored district-just 10 miles south of Kinross's Round Mountain operation-Leo's leadership will be instrumental in guiding our exploration strategy, technical oversight, and shareholder value creation." About Scorpio Gold Corp. Scorpio Gold holds a 100% interest in two past producing projects, the Manhattan District and the Mineral Ridge Mine, both located in the Walker Lane Trend of Nevada, USA. Scorpio Gold's Manhattan District is ~4,780-hectares and comprises the advanced exploration-stage Goldwedge Mine, with a 400 ton per day gravity mill, and four past-producing pits that were acquired from Kinross in 2021. The consolidated Manhattan District presents an exciting late-stage exploration opportunity, with over 100,000 metres of historical drilling, significant resource potential, and valuable permitting and water rights. Scorpio Gold also holds a 100% interest in the Mineral Ridge gold project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Scorpio Gold produced over 222,440 oz of gold at Mineral Ridge between 2010 and 2017. With a proven and probable resource, valuable permits, water rights, and infrastructure, Mineral Ridge has significant near-term development potential. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION Zayn Kalyan, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorTel: (604)-252-2672Email: zayn@ Investor Relations Contact:Kin Communications (604) 684-6730Email: SGN@ Connect with Scorpio Gold:Email | Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | X | YouTubeTo register for investor updates please visit: SGN | OTC: SRCRF | FSE: RY9 Forward-Looking Statements The Company relies on litigation protection for forward-looking statements. This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the Company's current expectations and estimates. 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