Sir Iain Livingstone (Image by Police Scotland) Scotland\’s Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone QPM addressed the matter of institutional discrimination in policing at a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority Board on Thursday, 25 May. He said, “I have been the Chief Constable of Police Scotland for six of our 10 years and have been […]
Image by Getty Images The same old story repeats this year as travellers looking forward to their Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia are facing challenges. A similar incident occurred last year, where several thousands were left confused and devastated after a new faulty booking system called Motawif was introduced. British Muslims have been outspoken about
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Lawyer Aamer Anwar (Image by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) The Scottish Government has come under intense scrutiny as it considers plans to reform rape trials by “arrogantly” ignoring the views of the legal profession. The bill, introduced as ‘The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill’ is set to create a pilot of rape trials
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Image by Scottish Book Trust Scottish Book Trust, the national charity changing lives with reading and writing, announced the 2023 New Writers Awardees – recipients of a prestigious year-long writer development programme which includes mentorship, a bursary, and opportunities to showcase work to publishing industry professionals. There were in total 11 writers on this year\’s
Image by GOV.UK By Swarupa Tripathy After Liz Truss stepped down in October last year, Rishi Sunak emerged as the most popular choice among the Conservatives and became the next leader of the nation. Amid the crisis that was rocking the party, along with the UK’s dwindling economy post the Covid-19 pandemic, the 43-year-old leader
Launched in 1973, a Falkland’s warship is set to be turned into a museum in Glasgow. HMS Ambuscade, later known as PNS Tariq, which was being used by the Pakistan navy has been decommissioned and will be turned into a shipbuilding museum on the River Clyde. The Type 21 Frigate was built at Yarrows Shipbuilders
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Image by royal.uk` The Coronation Big Lunch has seen neighbours and communities come together to share friendship, food and fun as part of the celebrations over the Coronation weekend. More than 65,000 Coronation Big Lunch events took place in all four corners of the UK. The Big Lunch was an official part of the Coronation Weekend.
Image by Journalism Grants For more than 400 years, consanguineous marriages have been legal in Britain. Marrying relatives no more distant than second cousins was the norm back in the day, especially within the British ruling class and land owning families, Vice writes. However, after recent scientific discoveries and debates, it is frowned upon by
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Foysol Choudhury MSP at Edinburgh Cats & Dogs Home Parliamentary Drop in with CEO Lindsay Fiffe-Jardine and Animal Campaigner and TV Presenter Kirsty Gallacher Foysol Choudhury MSP recently visited the Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home in Seafield and attended their Pet Poverty Parliamentary drop-in session at the Scottish Parliament with animal campaigner and TV presenter
Image credit: ANI The Sikh Federation (UK) has produced a detailed response to the Bloom Review\’s controversial reference to British Sikhs that was published last week. According to the Sikh NGO & political lobby group, the briefing note attached challenges the UK’s Independent Faith Engagement Advisor Colin Bloom\’s approach and deliberate targeting of those who
