The national archive has released official papers which suggested Tony Blair was considering sending asylum seekers to the Isle of Mull to help drive down the numbers entering the UK. The papers released under the 20-year rule said that a top aide to the former prime minister considered this a “nuclear option” for tackling the […]
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Completing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness has been delayed by over ten years until 2035. Scottish Transport Secretary Mairi McAllan said a new rolling programme of improvements was “achievable” and there would be “no let up” in the work. However, opposition MSPs said communities had been waiting since SNP manifesto commitments
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has expressed her frustrations as home secretary. Now freed from the restrictions of high office, Braverman reveals that she has been fighting a series of behind-the-scenes battles on key policies since her appointment last year – and not only those directly relating to the work of the Home Office. She
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A mum whose daughter was beaten up at school has said that social media has helped fuel violence in schools. Vicky Donald stated that in the aftermath of her daughter Kaylynn’s attack, the youngster got so fed up with seeing it on social media she stopped using her phone. Mrs Donald went on to say
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The Scottish government has lost its case against the UK government over its gender recognition bill. The court rejected the SNP’s claim that Westminster had no right to block reforms that would make it easier to change sex legally. In December last year, MSPs voted to pass the controversial Gender Recognition (Reform) Bill by 86 votes to
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Or are they? It has been widely reported in recent weeks that the entire board of one of Britain’s wealthiest charities are to be sacked in an anti-racism diversity cull after branding itself “white and privileged.” The Tudor Trust, which has assets of around £288million and gives about £20 million a year to good causes,
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On Thursday, the 23rd of November, in Dublin, a man believed to be of Algerian ancestry decided to stab five people, two of whom, at the time of writing this article, were seriously injured; one of them was only five years old. This incident sparked an outbreak of riots and civil unrest, which ended up
Social media platform X has sued a left-leaning pressure group that accused the site of allowing antisemitic posts next to advertising. X lawsuit alleges that Media Matters for America “manipulated” data to undermine and destroy the platform formerly known as Twitter. After the watchdog released its analysis, firms, including Apple and Disney, temporarily stopped adverts
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Good news, everyone: the number of first-cousin marriages in Bradford’s Pakistani community has fallen off a cliff in the last decade, with immigration levels being suggested as a possible reason. 52 yr-old teacher Juwayriya Ahmed married her cousin in 1988 and spoke of the awkward moment her kids asked her how she met their dad
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A senior Labour councillor has quit the party hours after he was suspended for an “abhorrent” social media post. Khizar Hussain, who was already under investigation for sectarian chanting, allegedly uploaded a post to social media comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler. The post was a depiction of Adolph Hitler wearing a mask
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