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Edition No. 96 · Monday, October 5, 2026

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From foster child to foster carer: Scott Kyle brings his story of second chances to the Pavilion
What's On Glasgow

From foster child to foster carer: Scott Kyle brings his story of second chances to the Pavilion

The Outlander actor's spoken word show It's Not Where You Start arrives in Glasgow on Thursday 22 October, blending memoir, humour and award-winning animation.

By Damien Day

Scott Kyle spent time in foster care as a child. Years later, he became a foster carer himself.

That full-circle journey sits at the heart of It's Not Where You Start, the spoken word show the Rutherglen-born actor and producer brings to the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow on Thursday 22 October.

Kyle is best known for screen roles in Outlander, Kajaki and The Angels' Share. The show shares its title with his memoir, published by Luath Press.

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Told 'that's all we can do', Ed Waldner joined a brain cancer trial of a common vitamin
Health

Told 'that's all we can do', Ed Waldner joined a brain cancer trial of a common vitamin

Interim results from a 24-patient Calgary study suggest high-dose niacin, given under strict medical supervision, may help some glioblastoma patients stay free of progression for longer

By Helen Cooper

When Ed Waldner left hospital after surgery for a brain tumour, he says he was told: "that's it, that's all we can do."

The Calgary man went on to join a clinical trial of high-dose vitamin B3. When the University of Calgary shared his story earlier this year, he said he was feeling "really good" and was happy whenever his routine scans came back with one word: stable.

It began at 55, when Waldner felt exhausted whatever he had done that day. He wondered about sleep apnoea. Then his heels began to drag when he walked. When his symptoms worsened one day, he went to the emergency department. "The doctor said I had a mass on my brain and needed to see an oncologist," he says. The mass was glioblastoma.

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Light-powered material makes hydrogen from water without a costly added metal catalyst
Science

Light-powered material makes hydrogen from water without a costly added metal catalyst

Oregon State chemists say their sulfur-based material, BVR-19, could point the way to cheaper green hydrogen, though it is still laboratory-stage research

By Helen Cooper

Clean hydrogen fuel is still expensive. Green hydrogen, made by splitting water, costs roughly $5 per kilogram, while hydrogen made from natural gas costs about $1.50, according to Oregon State University. Now chemists there have developed a light-powered material that could help point the way to narrowing that gap.

The material, called BVR-19, uses light to produce hydrogen from water without needing an additional expensive metal catalyst. It is laboratory research rather than a product, but its creators say it offers a new blueprint for designing cheaper solar-fuel materials.

Hydrogen is widely used in fuel cells for vehicles, and in making ammonia, refining metals and manufacturing plastics.

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The forest experiment everyone forgot, and the giant trees that grew while nobody was looking
Science

The forest experiment everyone forgot, and the giant trees that grew while nobody was looking

A 1980s forestry trial in the Australian state of Victoria was left to the undergrowth. Three decades on, scientists found enormous trees, carbon stocks to match unharvested forest, and a rare possum.

By Henry Davenport

The access road grew over. The project sign fell down. And for the better part of three decades, one of Australia's most ambitious forestry experiments sat in the hills, forgotten by almost everyone.

The trees, however, kept growing.

That is the story told by a team of University of Melbourne researchers, who went back to the site and, in a study published in July, report what they call "astounding" results: giant trees, carbon stocks to match unharvested forest and a rare marsupial, all in forest that had been logged.

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Spooktacular's Ride Roulette brings Superstar to the Clydeside this Wednesday
What's On Glasgow

Spooktacular's Ride Roulette brings Superstar to the Clydeside this Wednesday

Glasgow's Halloween funfair is swapping one of its thrill rides through the month. Here is what is running when, plus session times, prices and October Week opening hours.

By Henry Davenport

There is a small mystery at the heart of Glasgow's big Halloween funfair this year. Come back a fortnight after your first visit and one of the rides will have vanished, with a different one standing in its place.

That is Ride Roulette, the new idea for 2026 at Spooktacular, which opened on South Street on the Clydeside on Friday 2 October and runs until Sunday 1 November. Organisers say one spot at the fair will change hands through the month, with three thrill rides taking turns.

Matterhorn had the opening weekend, from 2 to 4 October, and has now moved on.

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