The National (Scotland)
‘Fascist gang in balaclavas’ attack venue as left-wing party has meeting
AMASKED “fascist gang” attacked a public socialist meeting in Glasgow on Thursday evening. The Glasgow branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was holding an event on the city’s St Mungo Avenue when a group of “around 20 fascists, wearing their...
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Comedian gives verdict on demise of BBC Scotland
THE demise of the BBC Scotland channel could be seen “coming for miles off”, Scottish comedian Marc Jennings has said, arguing that programmes would have been better served on BBC One and BBC Two. Speaking to The National Podcast, Jennings said the...
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Ringfence new North Sea wealth fund, Swinney says
JOHN Swinney demanded a new North Sea Energy Wealth Fund announced by the UK Government be ringfenced for the north-east of Scotland after the Jackdaw gas field was approved. The First Minister welcomed the fund in a letter to Prime Minister Andy...
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200 jobs to be lost as manufacturing firms announce closure
TWO firms based in Motherwell have announced they will close resulting in more than 200 jobs being lost as bosses plan to move manufacturing to other countries. Unite, Scotland’s leading manufacturing union, has hit out at Resideo and Honeywell after...
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EXCLUSIVE
THE face of a man who died on the Roman frontier in Scotland almost 2000 years ago has been revealed by facial reconstruction carried out ahead of a major exhibition. A team of international experts used “cutting-edge” scientific techniques to...
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Recovering addict to sleep rough for six months on £1m mission
AFORMER drug addict has begun a challenge that will see him spend six months sleeping rough in a bid to raise £1 million to extend a recovery facility. Richie Roncero hopes to raise the funds for the construction and operation of additional bedrooms...
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‘SCOTLAND IS READY
AN emotional John Swinney told SNP supporters he is “determined” to deliver Scottish independence to create a “better” country for his teenage son. The First Minister closed his party’s annual conference in Aberdeen with a speech setting out his...
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‘STARS ALIGNING’ – POLL GIVES YES 8-POINT LEAD
54%-46% vote for indy with those who haven’t made up their minds taken out
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Badenoch fails to rule out Stripping powers
KEMI Badenoch has failed to rule out stripping Holyrood of its powers if she becomes prime minister. The Tory leader said taking power away from the Scottish Parliament was “not a yes or no question” and that devolution “is a process” and “not a...
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Council bans email objections to AI data centre
ASECOND council has changed how people can object to planning applications after it received an “overwhelming” amount of objections to a proposed AI data centre on the site of a 1000-year-old castle. Fife Council has confirmed it will no longer accept...
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Rape crisis centre in urgent funding plea
SCOTLAND’S largest rape crisis centre has launched an urgent appeal for cash – amid fears that unless extra funding is secured in the next four weeks it could be forced to make cuts to services. Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis (GCRC) is marking its 50th...
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Outrage at AI data centre plan for War of Independence battlefield site
TWO battlefields, including the site where the First War of Scottish Independence was sparked, are in danger of being lost after plans to build an AI data centre were proposed, a local historian has warned. Plans to build a huge data centre, covering...
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SNP pull the plug on anti-abortion group’s conference event
SNP leaders have cancelled an anti-abortion group’s event at their party conference, saying they were “wrong” to allow it to be scheduled. The party told The National that the fringe event at their national conference, which will be held in Aberdeen...
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PALESTINE PROTESTERS LINE CAPITAL’S STREETS
DEMONSTRATORS have lined the streets in Edinburgh as part of a national march in solidarity with the people of Palestine to mark three years since Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza began. Thousands of protesters gathered at The Mound in the Scottish...
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Abuser admits knife murder of former partner
AMAN yesterday admitted murdering his former partner while subject to a restriction of liberty order after previously assaulting her. The High Court in Edinburgh heard Lee Inglis killed Stacey Hogg after learning she was in a new relationship. Inglis,...
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Raids on two of former prince’s properties ruled unlawful by court
ACRIMINAL investigation into Andrew MountbattenWindsor is ongoing despite the search warrants that allowed police officers to raid two of his properties being ruled unlawful, the High Court has heard. The former Duke of York had launched a legal...
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Concerns over new masked far-right group ‘trained by former military’
CONCERNS have been raised over the emergence of a new far-right group which is being dubbed “Scotland’s own version” of the so-called Patriot Platform. The group, apparently calling itself Reclaim Scotland, has reportedly begun holding weekly training...
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Pleas made to BBC over piping ‘worlds’
THE BBC has been urged to reverse its decision to axe its “essential” coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships. Thousands of pipers and drummers from around the world attend the annual event in Glasgow to celebrate Scotland’s traditional music and...
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First as mission to blast off to distil whisky in space
WHISKY will be distilled in space for the first time in an experiment which will also measure how the spirit ages in the harsh environment beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to send out a satellite in 2028...
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Kneecap show support for Garvaghy Road residents with Portadown visit
IRISH rap trio Kneecap visited Portadown last night to show support for the Garvaghy Road residents at the centre of the Drumcree parade dispute. Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvaí – Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh – went...
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Swinney: Scotland’s Best future lies within the EU
FIRST Minister John Swinney has urged the UK Government to work towards returning to the EU as swiftly as possible. Speaking ahead of a Scottish Government debate on EU relations on Tuesday, the First Minister said that the best future for Scotland...
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Scot bailed from Indian prison ‘still in grave danger’
ASCOT who was released from an Indian jail after almost nine years remains in a “really dangerous and precarious situation”, campaigners working on his behalf have said. Dan Dolan, deputy chief executive of human rights organisation Reprieve, said...
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Reform MSP accused of stoking hatred with ‘abhorrent’ burqa bid
THOMAS Kerr has been accused of “weaponising” Islamic dress and fuelling Islamophobia after singling out the burqa in his call for a ban on face coverings. Mariam Ahmed, chief executive of Amina, the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre, hit out at the...
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MP reveals he was sent ‘threatening’ letter warning against criticising Palantir
ALABOUR MP has accused former party deputy leader Tom Watson of making an “implicit threat” after he sent him a letter detailing his repeated criticism of controversial tech firm Palantir. Clive Lewis said the letter, sent after Watson joined Palantir...
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The Skinny magazine rescued from closure as charity steps in
THE Skinny magazine has been saved from closure after an arts charity acquired its publisher. Earlier this month, the renowned arts and culture magazine, which had been running for nearly 21 years, announced it was shutting after its publisher, Radge...
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FM hails site set for 180 new jobs in green energy
TWO separate projects which could create 180 green energy jobs at the Port of Montrose in Scotland’s north east have been hailed as a “strong vote of confidence in the sector” by the First Minister. John Swinney visited the site as it was confirmed...
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Questions on Police Scotland’s aid policing march
THE Scottish Government has been urged to review a policing agreement that reportedly saw 200 Police Scotland officers deployed to Northern Ireland to support policing around a sectarian march. Thousands of protesters yesterday blocked the...
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Welsh FM cites actor At rally for independence
THE First Minister of Wales has used the words of actor Matthew Rhys to make the case for Welsh independence at a rally which attracted thousands of campaigners. Rhun ap Iorwerth addressed the crowd in Aberystwyth yesterday afternoon at an event...
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Glasgow pauses ‘fire-and-rehire’ plan after talks
GLASGOW City Council has agreed to pause the process of firing and rehiring more than 20,000 staff following “constructive discussions”. The news comes after talks between Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government, GMB, Unite, and Unison took...
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University rejects ‘anti-Scottish classism’ claims
ASENIOR member of management from the University of St Andrews has admitted there are issues at the institution following accusations of “antiScottish classism”. Former scholarship student Sophie Rose Jenkins’s account of being excluded from tutorials...
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Shanks ‘rewriting history’ over GB Energy claim
MICHAEL Shanks has been accused of a “vain attempt” to “rewrite history” after making an “insulting” claim about GB Energy. The investment vehicle officially opened its headquarters in Aberdeen on Tuesday, following months of delays and controversies...
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Call for clarity after Turnitin’s U-turn on AI
APROPOSAL which would have allowed Turnitin to use student submissions to train AI models has sparked outrage from student leaders. This summer, the widely used antiplagiarism software updated its End User Licence Agreement and made a change which...
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Marra: Scotland has the right to decide its future
THE people of Scotland have the right to decide their own future, the new leader of Scottish Labour said. Michael Marra, who was elected as the leader of Scottish Labour on Saturday, replacing Anas Sarwar who quit as an MSP to join the House of Lords,...
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Swinney calls on MSPs to Back Scotland’s ‘right to decide’
FIRST Minister John Swinney will call on MSPs to unanimously back Scotland’s right to decide its own future in Parliament this week. Swinney said the movement for selfdetermination in Scotland is “gathering pace” and he argued there was a growing...
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Johal granted bail
ASCOT who has been detained in India for nearly nine years without conviction has been granted bail, his family said. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 over alleged terrorism offences, just weeks after his...
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Glasgow council leader tears into Kerr’s ‘nonsense’
THE new leader of Glasgow Council has hit out at Thomas Kerr’s comments about Govanhill. Ricky Bell – who took over from Susan Aitken last week – said the Reform politician’s remarks about the Southside neighbourhood were “utter, utter nonsense” and...
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FM welcomes Irish president
IRELAND’S president Catherine Connolly was greeted by John Swinney at his official residence in Edinburgh, as her visit to Scotland began yesterday. The First Minister was joined by his wife Elizabeth Quigley as he met Connolly and her husband Brian...
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ORANGE ORDER CALLS UNIONIST SUMMIT AMID CELTIC ALLIANCE FURY
DUP MLA: ‘They can travel to Cardiff to talk about breaking up our country. We will travel to Scotland to build the relationships that strengthen it’
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‘END OF UNION IS COMING’
lCall as SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid sign self-determination declaration lSwinney demands an indyref within five years lNew Scotland-Wales co-operation agreement
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Pro-indy leaders to sign landmark agreement
THE leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations will sign a landmark agreement today aimed at putting pressure on Andy Burnham to give Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voters a say on their constitutional futures. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid...
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‘It is up to us all to make people feel safe’
COUNTER-PROTESTERS gathered in Glasgow to drown out an antiimmigration rally attended by people trying to “divide communities” across Scotland. A demonstration by Pink Ladies at Glasgow Green was met by hundreds of counter-protesters, including...
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Dad hits fundraising target in bid to take Robinson to court
AFATHER who has reached a huge fundraising target to take Tommy Robinson to court for defamation hopes he can now lead the fight for fellow victims of far-right attacks in Scotland. Quroum Beg found himself at the centre of a misinformation storm...
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Greens launch bid to regulate AI ‘gambling with our lives’
THE Green Party of England and Wales have launched a bid to regulate AI giants following warnings that tech firms are “gambling with our lives”. It comes after industry insiders claimed that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill...
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‘Shared approach’ agreed on William Wallace letter
THE William Wallace letter at the centre of a row over where it should be kept will return to England but come back to Scotland for three years from 2028, after a new “shared approach” was agreed. However, the letter’s longer-term future is yet to be...
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‘NOW HIT ISRAEL HARDER’
lNo nearly three years lFear sanctions ‘largely symbolic’
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Agency helps Scots businesses achieve £2.15bn in exports
SCOTTISH Enterprise helped the country’s businesses generate £2.15 billion in exports last year, despite a challenging global economic environment. The agency said it represents one of Scotland’s strongest international trade performances of the past...
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Call for £2 bus fare cap Scotland-wide as soon as possible
THE Scottish Greens welcomed the introduction of a £2 bus fare cap in parts of the west of Scotland from today but called for the cap to be rolled out nationwide “as quickly as possible”. The cap on journey prices has been extended to cover the...
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MARCH WITH A MEANING
SCOTTISH independence supporters gathered in Edinburgh yesterday for All Under One Banner’s march and rally. The pro-independence march took place in the capital from 12.30pm, leaving from Johnston Terrace and finishing outside the Scottish Parliament...
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HUNDREDS ATTEND AI PROTEST AT HOLYROOD
HUNDREDS of campaigners protested outside the Scottish Parliament against a boom in AI data centres across the country. At Holyrood yesterday, ahead of the first FMQs of the session after summer recess, campaigners turned out in the hundreds to call...
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Letter urges MSPs to act on racism and misogyny
NICOLA Sturgeon, author Val McDermid, and actor Kate Dickie have signed an open letter to MSPs calling on them to tackle the rise of far-right racism and misogyny. Nadia El-Nakla, wife of former first minister Humza Yousaf, is also a signatory on the...
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Councils removed 774 flags amid rise in far-right protests
SCOTTISH councils removed hundreds of flags from public areas last year as tensions over immigration rose. Freedom of information responses obtained by 1919 Magazine show that at least 774 flags – predominantly Saltires and Union flags – were taken...
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Refuses to say if US used Scottish sites in war on Iran
THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refused to confirm or deny whether defence facilities in Scotland were used by US forces in the conflict with Iran. The National lodged a freedom of information request with the MoD on March 6 this year, but only...
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Jacob pitches in with footie ground charity challenge in mum’s memory
A10-YEAR-OLD is walking round every professional football ground in Scotland for charity in memory of his late mother. Jacob McDonald, of Dundee, is walking round the 42 pitches to raise money for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust in honour of his mother,...
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‘Hypocrisy’ as Brown Supports Irish unity over indy
THE SNP have accused Labour of hypocrisy over constitutional change after former prime minister Gordon Brown said Irish reunification was inevitable while continuing to oppose another referendum on Scottish independence. SNP depute leader Keith Brown...
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DRAFT HOLYROOD INDYREF BILL PUBLISHED
But expert says move by FM is only ‘symbolic’ Fierce criticism but also some support for the SNP’s post-election approach to independence EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE
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EXCLUSIVE
‘I’m a beautiful stranger who’s been absolutely abused’ – American at centre of dog-ban legal battle speaks
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Streaming service to showcase Scottish screen content
ANEW streaming platform dedicated to Scottish screen content will launch at the Scottish Screenwriters Festival in Glasgow next month. Founded by Maureen Hascoet, founder of Firewalker Pictures and the Scottish Screenwriters Film Festival, Scotflix...
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£1.1m funding splash for Watersports centre
STRATHCLYDE Country Park Watersports Centre will be transformed into a world-class sustainable tourism attraction and sporting venue after being allocated £1.18 million from the Scottish Government’s Clyde Mission Heat Decarbonisation Fund. Economy...
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Dott found guilty of child sex abuse
FORMER world snooker champion Graeme Dott was yesterday found guilty of sexually abusing two primary schoolaged children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 199396 and the boy...
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‘Huge support’ for pause on new AI data centres
CAMPAIGNERS against proposed new AI data centres have said there is “huge public support” behind their calls for a moratorium. The Scottish Government has so far resisted calls for a pause on new developments, despite a new requirement for...
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Man arrested after CalMac ‘bomb threat’
AMAN has been arrested after a “bomb threat” was made on a CalMac ferry as a passenger was rescued from the water on Friday evening. Emergency services were called to Ardrossan harbour at around 5.45pm on Friday following a report of a “bomb threat”...
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Flour power with New £170k mill
A NEW flour mill capable of processing up to 500 tonnes of wheat a year is to open in East Lothian, bringing Scottish farmers and the country’s growing community of independent bakers closer together. Tantallon Mill is being developed by Company...
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£1.5BN FACTORY BLOCKED SO LABOUR ‘DIDN’T ALIGN WITH SNP’
Former UK minister Cable makes claim as he insists Miliband has questions to answer after refusing development on grounds of national security Scottish Government demand U-turn on Chinese investment which would have created 1500 jobs at site SNP MP...
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Double murder probe launched after men found dead in flat
ADOUBLE murder investigation was under way after two men were found dead in a Glasgow flat. Paul Lafferty, 50, and Gary Beaton, 54, were found with serious injuries within a property in Chancellor Street, Partick, at about 4.40pm on Sunday. They were...
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DOCUMENTARY HAD ‘GLARING FLAWS’
Workers at refugee charity question ‘framing’ of BBC’s Glasgow programme EXCLUSIVE Broadcaster insists it was ‘fair and balanced’ – as it is accused of viewing city as ‘backwater of drunks’
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Government steps in on AI data centres
PLANNED AI data centres in Fife and Edinburgh will have to publish Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), the Scottish Government said. Planning authorities will also have to notify Scottish ministers of any new AI data centre applications. Public...
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YES TO ROSEBANK ‘INDEFENSIBLE’
Greens tell Burnham go-ahead would be ‘reckless’ as consultation closes lGillespie among 200 musicians urging PM to ‘drop project for good’
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RALLY STANDS AGAINST RACISM
ANTI-RACISTS gathered in Falkirk to stand “in unity, solidarity and hope with the local community”. They marched against an anti-immigration rally aiming to “Unite the Right”, with counter-protesters describing that as a “Beacon for...
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Reservoir visitors leave behind human waste and burning campfires
VISITORS to Scotland’s reservoirs are being urged to “think carefully” about their behaviour, with rangers finding abandoned campfires that are still alight, as well as human waste. Scottish Water said visitor numbers have increased at many of its 300...
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Plea for Sturgeon and Cherry to end ‘tedious’ feud
NICOLA Sturgeon, Joanna Cherry and JK Rowling must drop their “tedious” feud and observe “a period of dignified silence over the remainder of the summer”, according to the former first minister’s one-time aide. Kate Higgins, who served as a senior...
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Will solar eclipse be visible over Scotland? Here’s what expert says
PEOPLE in Scotland may be able to get a glimpse of tonight’s partial solar eclipse – where the moon will partially cover the sun – despite cloud being forecast, an expert said. Between 6.17pm and 8.06pm, more than 90% of the sun will be obscured by...
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MSP apologises for comments they made about rape
ASCOTTISH Green MSP issued an apology after criticism of comments they made regarding rape, but has insisted that their words were “shared out of context”. Q Manivannan said that the language they used was “abstract” and “for that I take full...
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Settlers and Israeli chokehold on West Bank healthcare ‘an existential threat’ COMMENT
Palestinian BABY DIED because Israeli soldiers wouldn’t open gate to let family take him to hospital
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