Following the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday for questioning in connection with the ongoing Police investigation into financial irregularities within the SNP, there are increasing calls for her to be suspended from the Party. Ash Regan, the MSP who unsuccessfully stood to replace Sturgeon as Party leader, said that Sturgeon should resign her SNP […]
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Over the last few days, more details following the attack in Annecy have come out. Here’s what we’ve learnt so far. Asylum, benefit fraud, and a knife attack The attacker, 31-year-old Syrian Abdalmash H, is a refugee who had been granted asylum in Sweden. His full name has not been released. On Thursday, 8th June
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Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP. Police confirmed a 52-year-old woman was taken into custody as a suspect and is being questioned by detectives. It follows the arrest and subsequent release of her husband, ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell,
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Glasgow City Council is having to hire vehicles because some of its own fleet does not meet new rules on emissions. More than a third of its vehicles are not allowed inside the city’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) introduced last week. A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “New LEZ compliant vehicles are expected to
Congratulations to the 3 Homeland activists who completed the Edale Skyline Challenge yesterday 🏆. A grueling 20 mile trip over the peaks of Hope Valley; Win Hill, Lose Hill, Hollins Cross, Mam Tor, Brown Knoll, Kinder Low, Grindslow Knoll. Total ascent 4590 ft. Honourable mentions: Other activists attempted to complete the route but due to
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Time is running out if the police and the government are to restore public trust in policing, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary has warned. In his annual report, Andy Cooke said police forces were experiencing “one of their biggest crises in living memory”. Cooke, the former chief constable of Merseyside Police – who interestingly has
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Black Tunisian women say they are experiencing more instances of racism after the country’s president criticised sub-Saharan migrants. This comes after Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered “urgent measures” against sub-Saharan migrants, accusing them of a “criminal plot” to change the country’s demographics and cultural identity. He went on to say that immigration came from “a
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Annecy, a French Alpine city, usually known for its crystal blue lake, mountain vistas and medieval old town, has become the latest city to experience a violent attack by migrant. The attacker, identified as Abdalmash H, is a 31-year-old Syrian with refugee status in Sweden. Children were enjoying a fine summers day in their local
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The recruitment of nurses by western countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. Howard Catton from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) is concerned about the scale of the numbers leaving countries like Ghana. “My sense is that the situation currently is
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Home Office officials failed to deport a Reading jihadi back to Libya a year before he murdered three friends during a lockdown knife rampage, all because he was facing trial in the UK for “eating a mattress at a police station”, reports the Daily Mail. First, let’s get out of the way the acknowledgement that
