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It is ‘unfathomable’ that staff are having to keep doors and windows open and ask pupils to layer up for a second winter, Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing says
Scottish Fiscal Commission data reveals Scotland’s pandemic recovery has been the weakest of any nation and most regions in the UK
‘Police Scotland not only failed to protect human rights during their policing of Cop26, but in many cases actively hindered or violated human rights,’ Netpol says
There were over 1,000 recorded deaths linked to drug use in the first nine months of 2021, new figures
Scottish government expected to confirm further rules and limitations on social gatherings on Tuesday
The party's ‘campaign of stigmatisation of innocent left-wing Jews for factional reasons is totally unacceptable,’ Jewish Voice for Labour tells EHRC
Campaigners raise concerns for the future of Labour’s plans for a green industrial revolution
Charity reports devastating effects of Tory cuts on vulnerable families
Prime Minister praises Peppa Pig, loses his notes, and compares himself to Moses and Vladimir Lenin
The ‘fossil fuel industries' fingerprints’ are all over the summit's draft agreement, environmentalists warn
Cop26 summit ignores rail, buses, ferries and bicycles and puts its focus on cars and planes instead
Charities demand radicalism in face of officials’ delay
They warned that workers across the country are already on the front line of tackling the climate emergency
Niall Christie and Bethany Rielly in Glasgow
The Star’s Niall Christie speaks to the former Labour leader about the failures of the Tory government to act on climate change and why he will be spending the week in Glasgow with strikers, unions and community representatives talking about the people power we need instead
‘You may as well bomb our islands instead of making us suffer, witnessing our slow and fateful demise,’ Palau President Surangel S Whipps Jnr says
Palestine activists call for invitations to be withdrawn
Greens back Budget amendment submitted by Leeds East MP
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says COP26 must be a ‘turning point for people and planet’
Labour’s Monica Lennon says the Scottish government should set up a public energy company and put an end to proposed oil drilling in the Shetlands
However, RMT warns rail privateer Serco to improve its offer to Caledonian Sleeper workers or strike action will go ahead
Journalists, campaigners and politicians demand the Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange's release
Professor Devi Sridhar said she believes that the 13-day UN summit will lead to an increase in Covid-19 cases
The United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe says Scotland has repeatedly been found in breach of the law because of the high cost of taking legal action
The ‘bungled and delayed investigations have seen inquiries abandoned, victims denied justice and some suspects and witnesses kept waiting for years,’ peace campaigners warn
Progressive MPs submit alternative Green New Deal Bill to Westminster
Statistics revealed that homeless families with children in Scotland face almost a year living in temporary accommodation
