The group hopes to raise the final £1m needed to end a 16-year campaign to regenerate Govanhill Baths

GOVANHILL Community Trust has kicked off a fresh fundraising campaign in the hope of securing the final £1m required to save Govanhill Baths.

The leisure centre will “transform lives” if it is saved, according to the Trust. It has called upon donors to help it finally raise the £6m sum required to regenerate the facility - in the process gaining a share in the future of the building.

More localised EU referendum results hint that Scots favoured Leave for economic reasons, furthering the case that winning the economic argument will be vital to success in any future independence referendum according to a leading expert

NEW EU referendum voting statistics suggest winning the economic argument will be crucial to the outcome of any future independence referendum, according to political expert Professor John Curtice.

CommonSpace will be back in the new year

WELL, that's it from us for 2016, folks, and what a year it's been.

The CommonSpace team is now off for the Christmas holidays and a very well-earned break. We'll be back publishing as normal on 4 January.

I'd like to say a huge thank you to all of you for your incredible support this year. CommonSpace is now two years old and we are going from strength to strength.

Behind the scenes series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we chat to reporter David Jamieson and editor Angela Haggerty and Independence Live’s Kevin Gibney talk to columnist James McEnaney about the US election result.

White Paper Project launches consultation on independent Scottish currency at IdeaSpace

DR CRAIG DALZELL has told an audience of SNP delegates that the UK will take on Scotland’s debts in the event of Scottish Independence.

The lead researcher on the White Paper Project (WPP), speaking at its launch at the IdeaSpace fringe festival, said that as the successor state the UK would be obliged to take on the whole state’s debts, placing Scotland in a strong bargaining position.

A round-up of news and reaction from day one of the SNP 2016 conference and the IdeaSpace policy festival

AS THE CROWDS in the SECC in Glasgow begin to dwindle, we look back at what happened on day one of both the SNP 2016 conference, and the IdeaSpace policy festival organised alongside the conference at the Glasgow Science Centre.

Behind the scenes series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we chat to journalists Nathaneal Williams and David Jamieson, and editor Angela Haggerty and Kevin Gibney chat with columnist James McEnaney.

Behind the scenes series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we chat to journalists Nathaneal Williams and David Jamieson, editor Angela Haggerty and Kevin Gibney chats to Common Weal director Robin McAlpine.

New series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our new series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we catch up with our four work experience placements and legal eagle Nick Brady, Angela Haggerty chats about the Tie campaign, and CommonSpace columnist James McEnaney puts in an appearance.