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Afrikana Halal Restaurant opens a new branch in Glasgow

Image by Afrikana Kitchen African inspired Halal restaurant ‘Afrikana’ has launched its 14th UK site with the first in Glasgow, Scotland. Located in Sauchiehall Street, the brand has another eight sites in the pipeline with the next apparently being in Coventry, according to their website. The journey for Afrikana began in the village of Aldridge in […]

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Cricket Scotland appoints chair and independent non-executive directors

Clockwise from top to bottom: Shaista Aziz, Tricia Bey,Jamie Cox and Harry Singh (Images by Cricket Scotland) Cricket Scotland has confirmed the appointment of a new Chair, Wilf Walsh, as well as four new Independent Non-Executive Directors to the Cricket Scotland Limited Board. Wilf Walsh, appointed as Cricket Scotland Chair, is Chair of the Racecourse

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Scottish Parliament CPG Report: Scotland needs urgent education reforms to combat scourge of Islamophobia

Image by Council of Europe Scotland needs to urgently introduce education reforms to combat the “scourge of Islamophobia” in society, a new report has recommended. This includes integrating an understanding of Islamophobia into the curriculum and all teacher training, requiring all educational institutions to create safe spaces for discussion, prayer and reflection, and adopting dress-code

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NHS ‘Talking Therapies’ review identifies barriers in accessing care for BAME communities

Representational image by Canva A landmark independent review of services provided by NHS Talking Therapies has identified that psychotherapy services need better tailoring to meet the needs of Black and minoritised ethnic groups. Ten years of anonymised patient data found that historically, people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds have experienced poorer access to, and

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Home Secretary joins forces with big tech to fight AI child sex abuse images

Image by X @SuellaBraverman Tech giants including Tiktok, Snapchat and Stability AI have all signed a pledge vowing to tackle the despicable rise of AI-generated child sexual abuse images at an event hosted by the Home Secretary Suella Braverman on 30 October. Charities, tech firms, academics and international government representatives all gathered to focus on

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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf responds to Elon Musk’s comments about him being a racist

Image by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images By News Desk After viewing an edited clip of a three-year-old speech by Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf, billionaire businessman Elon Musk decided to publicly criticise him, referring to him as a “blatant racist” last week. Musk’s comment ignited a significant uproar on social media. His response came in

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Small businesses to benefit from one of the largest shake ups to procurement regulations in UK history

Image by John Angerson/The Telegraph New procurement rules have now become law, following the Royal Assent of the Procurement Act – and is part of the Government’s work to make long-term decisions that will change this country for the better. The new rules are one of the largest shake ups to procurement rules in this

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VIPs help celebrate Scottish home care company\’s 10 year anniversary

Owners Suhail and Tasnim Rehman A local home care company celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a special event attended by Anas Sarwar, Leader of the Scottish Labour party, and Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care. The event marked a successful decade of the home care company which provides support for older people so they

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Scottish mum and son die after fire erupts in Mumbai flat

Image by Facebook By News Desk A Scottish mother and son have died after a fire erupted in a Mumbai flat where they were staying. Glory Valthaty, 42, and her eight-year-old son Joshua were reportedly visiting their relatives in India when the incident occurred. Valthaty, who was a doctor and businesswoman, was accompanied by her

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