Scottish loyalists and BLM protesters demanding the removal of Glasgow’s Sir Robert Peel statue hurl missiles at each other and clash with riot police – as officers make astonishing claim the trouble was not linked to BLM demo By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 14:07 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 14:20 BST, 14 June … Read more
Angry scenes have been captured in town squares across the UK as Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators today. More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Brighton to stand in solidarity with BLM demonstrations worldwide. While protesters in Bristol denied they were far-right supporters while gathering at the Cenotaph with ‘All Lives Matter’ banners. Hundreds … Read more
Angry scenes have been captured in town squares across the UK as Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators today. More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Brighton to stand in solidarity with BLM demonstrations worldwide. While protesters in Bristol denied they were far-right supporters while gathering at the Cenotaph with ‘All Lives Matter’ banners. Hundreds … Read more
An author has shared a candid account of growing up on a Scottish sink estate in the Nineties. Fashion journalist Lynne Coleman, who has written three books and now lives in Edinburgh, moved to an ex-council house in Auchenback, a few miles outside of Glasgow, when she was six. She told how arson, vandalism and violent … Read more
Coronavirus was likely spreading in Scotland before the first case was confirmed at the start of March, the country’s chief medical officer has said. Dr Gregor Smith pointed to a new study that suggests transmission of the virus was occurring on the ground in February. The first case of Covid-19 wasn’t officially diagnosed until March … Read more
All aboard the new fly-on-the-wall TV series that goes behind the scenes of much-maligned TransPennine Express, as it launches state-of-the-art trains The Railway 24/7 ‘takes an in-depth look at every aspect of the firm’ We meet conductor Nikki May, who has been entertaining passengers for 7 years The series begins at one of the busiest … Read more
‘The only disease right now is the racism we are fighting’: Raheem Sterling gives backing to Black Lives Matter protests across the world as England and Manchester City star vows to continue to speak out Raheem Sterling has backed the Black Lives Matter protests around the world The Manchester City winger has vowed to continue … Read more
Black Lives Matters protesters have been renaming Scottish streets after prominent black people and civil rights activists. Tens of thousands have joined the demonstrations against systemic racism across Britain today, two weeks after African American George Floyd died while being arrested by police in Minneapolis. In several streets in Glasgow city centre signs with a … Read more
The Government ‘can and must’ do more to address racial inequality in society, former chancellor Sajid Javid has said. Writing in The Sunday Times, Mr Javid said only the Prime Minister was capable of ‘driving real change’, adding the UK risked being ‘complacent’ about its claims to be a tolerant society. It comes as thousands … Read more
TalkTalk and BT go down for 90 minutes leaving thousands working from home without access to the internet 95 per cent of issues reported by TalkTalk customers were related to the internet Similarly, 92 per cent of BT user complaints related to internet problems The outage was nationwide and affected thousands of users across UK It … Read more