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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Coronavirus: What’s behind the mask?
How can a piece of cloth help to stop a global pandemic, ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
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
COPIES of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which is causing the current pandemic, linger in the respiratory tract of infected people, seemingly regardless of whether they show any symptoms of infection.
Common actions such as speaking or singing, as well as coughing and sneezing, expel “droplets” that contain copies of the virus.
Transmission of the virus between people can occur through these droplets if they land directly in the mouth or nose of another person.
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