The Scottish Parliament\’s Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Bangladesh has called for action to promote educational links between Scotland and Bangladesh. The CPG met last week and received updates from Convener Foysol Choudhury MSP and Deputy Convener Miles Briggs MSP, Saida Muna Tasneem, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK, Peter Brown, Director of British […]
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Lothian MSP Foysol Choudhury MSP has sponsored an \’Anti-Racism in the Third and Voluntary Sector\’ drop-in session at the Scottish Parliament, imploring organisations to integrate their own anti-racist strategies. North Edinburgh Arts, with support from Passion4Fusion and Project Esperanza, presented their work to other third sector and voluntary organisations on delivering North Edinburgh Arts’ Equality,
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Lord Provost of Edinburgh with representatives ofBombay Lounge Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh was present at a special ceremony in Edinburgh’s City Chambers this week where he accepted an award naming Edinburgh as Scotland’s Curry Capital. Edinburgh was awarded this honour last month at the 16th edition of the Scottish Curry Awards organised
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Image by Niall Carson/PA A group of students from Edinburgh University Justice for Palestine Society (EUJPS) have been on hunger strike for much of the week. They are protesting outside the university’s Old College for an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict and said they refuse to be educated by a university that “directly contributed to
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Image by Jane Barlow/PA An emotional Humza Yousaf (pictured above) signed his formal resignation as First Minister of Scotland, saying that his heart would “forever belong to Scotland” as he told how leading his country had given him the opportunity to defy “racist bigots”. The departing First Minister said it had been “an honour and
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Image by Andrew Milligan/PA John Swinney (pictured above) has been officially sworn in this week as Scotland’s new First Minister in what he described as an “overwhelming moment.” The Perthshire North MSP had pledged to devote himself to the job after being voted into the role at Holyrood on Tuesday, and he becomes the seventh
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Foysol Choudhury MSP, Co-Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Volunteering, has raised alarm bells over Scottish Government proposals to replace the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) membership fee waiver, for volunteers in Qualifying Voluntary Organisations (QVOs), with a fee discount. MSP Choudhury, who visited LifeCare Edinburgh last month, raised alarm bells over
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Image by Glasgow Live/Getty Images Humza Yousaf (pictured above) has announced that he will stand down as Scotland\’s first minister once a successor is found. Mr Yousaf, the first British Asian to become First Minister, said he had made the decision after spending the weekend reflecting on what was best for the SNP, the government
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Foysol Choudhury MSP joined Winchburgh residents outside the Scottish Parliament this week to deliver a petition addressed to Minister Jim Fairlie, calling on the Scottish Government to name a date for a new train station for Winchburgh. Winchburgh is an expanding West Lothian community, with Winchburgh Developments Ltd delivering thousands of new homes and some new schools.
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Foysol Choudhury (pictured above), MSP for Lothian, reaffirmed his commitment to campaigning for Scotland to address the legacies of slavery and colonialism in its past during the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Mr Choudhury attended a Remembrance Ceremony in Edinburgh\’s St. Andrew Square Gardens, where the
