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 SCEBE lecturer gives powerful climate talk at ‘Rebuilding Pakistan’ fundraiser

Image by Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Management Lecturer Dr Charlie Russell gave a powerful climate change talk to over 350 people at a ‘Rebuilding Pakistan’ fundraiser. He was joined by two other speakers Scottish Labour Party Leader Anas Sarwar and President of the Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan […]

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Hunger hits record levels in Afghanistan according to data from Save the Children’s mobile health teams

 A Save the Children nutrition counsellor feeds 22-year-old Nelab*s daughter – Parsto*, 11 months – with therapeutic food used to treat severe acute malnutrition in Afghanistan. (Image by Sacha Myers/Save the Children) The number of dangerously malnourished children admitted to UK based charity Save the Children’s mobile health clinics in Afghanistan has increased by 47% since

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Offensive Diwali message sent to Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust employees causes the body to launch an internal review

Image by NHS England An offensive message sent to the employees of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) on the day of the Hindu festival of Diwali has been revealed, leading to the trust launching an internal review. The controversial email was sent out by EmbRACE Manchester, which mentioned the “insidious growth of Hindu right

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‘Glamorous’ Met Police officer dismissed from the service after cannabis farm and several illegal items seized from her home

Image by Facebook/rasvinder.agalliu A ‘glamorous’ Met Police officer has been removed from the service after police found narcotics, a cannabis farm and large stockpiles of cash at her London home. PC Rasvinder Agalliu, a mother of two, was based at the Central West Command Unit but had to be dismissed on Tuesday, 1 November after

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Cricket Scotland reveals more discriminatory incidents to be investigated along with major structural and policy changes

Former cricketer for the Scotland team Majid Haq called for an investigation into racism in Scottish Cricket along with fellow Scottish cricketer Qasim Sheikh (Image by Getty Images) Cricket Scotland confirmed on 31 October that an initial high-level review of complaints raised as part of the independent review into racism in Scottish cricket is now

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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits India to strengthen ties and tackle terrorism

 Image by GOV.UK UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly travelled to India last week on Friday, 28 October for his first official trip to the country – to meet his counterpart and discuss strengthening the UK-India relationship. He visited Mumbai on Friday and travellled to New Delhi on Saturday. In Mumbai he paid to those who lost

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Dover immigration centre suspect thought to have anti-Muslim sentiments

Image courtesy: The Telegraph Reports have stated that the suspect in a firebomb attack that took place on Sunday at an immigration processing centre had posted anti-Muslim rants on Facebook. On Tuesday, the police revealed the details of the suspect, 66-year-old Andrew Leak from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale on

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Glasgow City Council approves motion calling for more employees of BAME backgrounds

Image by Getty Images More black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people are set to get jobs at Glasgow Council after it was revealed that they are hugely underrepresented. According to GlasgowLive, only 3.4 percent of the local authority’s workforce which consists of more than 30,000 employees belong to ethnic minority backgrounds. People of BAME

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warns of rough sleeping ‘crisis’ as cost of living crisis gets worse

Image by Greater London Authority The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is urging the government to take immediate action to tackle the cost of living as rising bills and housing costs force growing numbers of people to sleep rough on London’s streets. Alarming new statistics released by City Hall from the GLA-commissioned Combined Homelessness and

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Scottish woman wins legal battle against her abusive former employer

Representational image (Thrive Global) A Scottish woman, who was subjected to verbal abuse by her former employer, has won a £19,000 payout after an employment tribunal ruled in her favour, reports have stated. 35-year-old Aishah Zaman informed the tribunal that her boss, Shahzad Younas, 45, called her ‘fatty’ and ‘prostitute’. She added that she was

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