ENVIRONMENT | SPORT | THE ARTS | FOOD | HEALTH | COMMENT | OPINION | EQUALITY | SCIENCE EN4 NEWSWEEKLY NEWS FROM SCOTLAND’S CAPITAL CELEBRATING SCIENCE: EDINBURGH SCIENCE FESTI- VAL IS BRINGING LIFE SIZE IS SOCIAL MEDIA RUINING SEX TOYS TO THE CAPITAL MODERN RELATIONSHIPS? WE LOOK AT HOW DIGITAL DATING ARE ALTERING OUR PERCEPTIONS OF LOVE “OUR OPERATING COSTS” ARE CONTINUINGTO RISE LOTHIAN BUSES CONTINUE TO BUMP TICKET PRICES UP FOR THE 5TH TIME IN THE LAST 5 YEARS WHERE ARE ALL OF OUR HEDGEHOGS? THE UK’s HEDGEHOG POP- VOTE ULATION HAS DEPLETED BY # 50% AND STILL DEPLETING THIS WEEK MARKS 1 CENTURY 100 SINCE WOMEN WON THE VOTE CONTENTS CURRENT AFFAIRS FEATURES COMMENT pg.3 Sex bots Pg. 8 #100 years of pg. 12 Lothian votes for women Buses price rise pg.4 Scotland pass new Domestic pg. 16 FOR THE pg. 14 SOCIAL Abuse bill FOODIES MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS pg.6 Zero Hour pg. 19 WHERE Contracts ARE ALL THE HEDGEHOGS? Pg7. Tesco equal pay pg. 20 MUSIC and The Arts pg. 10 SPORTS ROUND UP pg. 18 WINTER OLYMPICS EDITORIAL As a group we all have different ideas to be guilty of unequal pay and we you’re interested then head to our of what our ideal magazine should talk to a junior phycologist to discov- final page with the Blind Soothsayer. look like. We began with ‘Telt’ a er the impact social media and the She managed to predict that our res- collection of funny puns and Scottish internet has on our relationships. ident columnist Cammy Ward would culture. The next version was ‘The have a place on Come Dine with me. Individual’ where we featured the Our front cover features a sex doll All fun and games until someone people we admire the most. Artists, and 100 years of women having the finds his African beating stick in his musicians and the do-gooders of the vote. A funny but also serious ac- drawer. world. knowledgment of the world we now Happy reading, As this week’s editor I am linking live in. We also have handbag sized JESSICA MCFADYEN with our online team to bring you crunch free crisps for EN4 news magazine. It’s something women which is almost as sad as like the Times magazine with the there being half the number of news that sex dolls are coming to Ed- hedgehogs in the UK. We have no inburgh, Tesco is the latest company idea what the future will hold but if SCIENCE SE‘Sexbots’ to headline 2018 Edinburgh ScienceX Festival Events exploring the way that digi- 1989, will be staging a series of exception.” tal technology is transforming will events to celebrate the 200th anni- Experts will also be looking at efforts be headlining the 30th Edinburgh versary of the publication of Mary to create a spaceport in the High- International Science Festival this Shelley’s Frankenstein, including an lands, as well as whether or not sci- year. The events held will attempt exploration into the scientific exper- ence fiction can help tackle issues to discover the possible bene- iments and experimental surgeries such as food shortages, over-popula- fits of the use of robots within the that inspired the novel throughout tion and climate change. The impact healthcare system, the possibility the 19th Century. of sports concussion and the need of friendships developing between A Derren Brown influenced six-hour to tackle fake facts and separate the humans and robots, and how ‘sex- social experiment to “role play the truth from the lies in the wake of the bots’ could change the relation- end of the world” will also be lined Brexit referendum and the rise of ships of humans and their love lives. up in the programme to discover why Donald Trump will also be discussed. The health risks linked to “the age people fear the things they do and The event will also feature a low-car- of the selfie”, the pros and cons of how to overcome their phobias. bon “village” will be situated next to scientific breakthroughs and the Amanda Tyndall, creative director of the Scottish National Gallery, while way that digital technology is trans- the Edinburgh International Science a large installation will descend from forming our everyday lifestyle will Festival said: “This year’s festival is a the rood of the National Museum of also be explored. celebration of live, our existence and Scotland. The festival, running from 31st of the potential that science offers us March to 15th April, will also be as individuals as well as for the planet. To find out more information and get showcasing works by award-win- “We deliver this through an incred- a closer look at the events ahead, visit ning timelapse pioneer Walid ible programme of hands-on exper- www.sciencefestival.co.uk Salhab, bringing two films to the iments, thought-provoking discus- Science Festival with Timescapes: sions, dynamic performances, events Nenette and our Perceptions of and exhibitions; all designed to show Time and Timelapse Masterclass how important and central science is “We deliver...hands-on with Filmmaker Walid Salhab. The to shaping and living our lives and in- experiments and festival will also feature The Lost spiring the problem solvers of tomor- dynamic performances, Voice Guy, a one night-only come- row.” all designed to show how dy show appearance at the National Donald Wilson, culture leader of Museum of Scotland. The show will Edinburgh City Council stated: important and central feature Lee Ridley using the artifi- “Every year the festival transforms science is” cial production of human speech. the city into a celebration of science The festival, the first of its kind and technology and 2018 will be no when it was launched in BOTS By Hally Houldsworth EN4 NEWS 3 SCOTLAND PASSES NEW DOMESTIC ABUSE BILL PARLIAMENT PASSED THE DOMESTIC ABUSE BILL LAST WEEK WITH UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ‘Momentous’ was the word used by for the new law coming into force, many, campaigners and politicians around 14,000 Police Scotland alike, to describe the passing of the officers will receive training on how Domestic Abuse Bill at the Scottish to spot signs of abuse. Parliament last week. The new legislation defines abusive It was given an almost unanimous behaviour as someone being “vio- backing by all parties, with 118 votes lent, threatening or intimidating” as for to one against the bill. well as making their partner depend- ent or subordinate The bill is now set to transform how domestic abuse cases are conducted. Examples include isolating a part- ner from their friends and relatives, It is set to combine physical abuse stopping them from doing what they with psychological abuse, as well as want, monitoring their activities or controlling and coercive behaviour controlling their finances. that is not easily prosecuted under current laws. The bill acknowledges that pros- ecutions may not be able to rely In 2016-17 there were 58,810 in- on evidence from the victim. This cidents of domestic abuse recorded means that police may have to gather by the police in Scotland. However testimony from friends, family and only 47% of these incidents included the abuser’s financial and telephone the recording of at least one crime records. or offence. The main reason for this is that a key component of domestic Jan Macleod, the manager of the abuse is emotional and psychological Women’s Support Project in Glas- abuse. gow welcomes the legislation but is eager to see how it would work in According to the Domestic Abuse practise: Bill, victims of domestic abuse will not be required to provide evidence “A key aspect of effective implemen- in court that they have been harmed. tation will be training for criminal justice services, and we welcome Instead, evidence for prosecutions the recent commitment on police may have to rely on the testimony of training by the Cabinet Secretary for friends and family as well as the abus- Justice”, she said. er’s finances and telephone records. Preparations are already under way “It will be important that practi- tioners are made aware of the new legislation and that some further guidance is provided in terms of By Colin K. Campbell recognising ‘coercive control’, 4 EN4 NEWS POLITICS “Attitudes towards domestic abuse have changed considerably since this Parlia- PARLIAMENT PASSED THE DOMESTIC ABUSE BILL LAST WEEK WITH UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ment was established in 1999.” and how best to record controlling cases, being used as a tool to per- can be applied with necessitating a behaviour.” petrate abuse. An abusive parent or child to give evidence. step-parent should never have access Justice Secretary Michael Matheson to a child under any circumstances.’’ Children have also been included spoke to Parliament, praising the in the amendments to the Criminal bravery of domestic abuse victims Some campaigners have different Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1995 who testified to the Justice Commit- feelings on the new measures in- relating to Non-Harassment Or- tee in stage one and two of the bill. volving children. Megan Farr, policy ders. This means that a child can be officer for the Children & Young included in an order, whether or not He also stated that he felt that the bill People’s Commissioner Scotland, the aggravator has been applied. further showed the change in atti- states that they feel that the bill has tudes towards domestic abuse: met their concerns: It is hoped that these two provisions will increase the awareness of the “Attitudes towards domestic abuse “This has been achieved in two ways: harm done to children and young have changed considerably since this people by domestic abuse in the Parliament was established in 1999.