Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
Sir Peter Mathieson appears to have confirmed he is being paid for a board role at a university spin-off at the same time as many staff face uncertainty about their futures.
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More than 400 children killed or injured by airstrikes in Yemen
At least 443 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in air strikes over the past year, according to
Home Office ‘utterly failing’ in treatment of detained immigrants, say MPs
A new report by an influential Westminster committee is scathing about the Home Office’s treatment of detainees at immigration
Police probe cyber attack on Dungavel detention centre
Hackers have brought down the computer system at Scotland’s only immigration detention centre prompting an investigation by Police Scotland,
Gaffe reveals why Sturgeon refused to meet nuclear waste protestor
The Scottish Government has mistakenly revealed that Nicola Sturgeon refused to meet an Aboriginal nuclear waste protestor in an attempt
NHS Scotland buys surgical gloves from firm which used forced labour
Surgical gloves used in hospitals across Scotland are made in factories where forced labour, long hours and “union-busting” have been
Raytheon’s smart bombs linked to more alleged war crimes in Yemen
Smartbombs thought to have been part-made in Scotland were among weapons used in Yemen that killed or injured nearly 1000
China promotes propaganda in Scottish universities, says report
Chinese cultural centres in Scottish universities promote Chinese Communist Party propaganda and “threaten academic freedom and freedom of expression”, claims
Home Office under fire from lawyers over ‘deeply concerning’ immigration powers
The power of the Home Office to overrule decisions made by immigration judges has been branded “deeply concerning” by the
Scottish ministers can stop nuclear waste dump, say advisers
Scottish ministers have the power to halt plans to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land in Australia which could breach
House of Lords committee says UK arms sales for Yemen war are unlawful
An influential Westminster committee has ruled that UK government’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia are “narrowly on the wrong
Nazi sympathiser David Irving giving secret talks in Scotland
A notorious Holocaust denier and Nazi sympathiser, David Irving, is touring Scotland and giving talks at secret locations, according to
Scots Jewish group demands ban on pro-Israel campaigners at anti-racism protest
A Scottish Jewish group has called for peaceful “civil disobedience” to prevent pro-Israel organisations from joining a major anti-racism protest