As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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‘A spectacular misuse of public land and public funds’
Furious campaigners claim that Oxford University is colluding with the council to squander £10m of public funds for a new bridge that wrecks a nature reserve, reports BERNY TORRE
Campaigners against the bridge are seeking to save the nature reserve
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
OXFORD University stands to profit from the destruction of a nature park and “spectacular misuse” of more than £10 million in public funding, campaigners have revealed.
National funding for affordable homes infrastructure has been allocated to a river bridge that would link a new university campus and industrial site to the city centre.
Furious locals challenging the plans at the High Court say they would wreck Grandpont Nature Park while only saving graduates an estimated 20 seconds on their cycling commutes as there are bridges nearby.
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