Scotland’s prison staff could walk out in dispute over bonuses
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is facing a fresh threat of strike action after some of the lowest paid staff missed out on...
Comment: why the Serco affair must force us to rethink our attitudes to migrants
SERCO’S decision to evict failed asylum seekers from their assigned homes in Glasgow, and the reaction to that announcement from the voluntary sector,...
Diary: Children’s hearings, airport troubles and foreign tartans – now that’s taxing
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, OR ARE THEY? . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16399124.sundday-herald-diary-childrens-hearings-airport-troubles-and-foreign-tartans-now-thats-taxing/
Meet the Scot who took on South American sicarios in Jason Fox’s new ‘Narcos’ TV series
THE former Royal Marines Commando behind a new Channel 4 documentary series about South American drug cartels has revealed how he persuaded cocaine-snorting...
Comment: We only only have ourselves to blame if we fail to fight far-right propaganda
IT shouldn’t come as a surprise that any discussion about freedom of speech on Twitter soon descends into an embarrassment, and I’m getting...
Scotland’s fox hunting reform remit handed to junior minister
The new Scottish Government minister responsible for reforming fox hunting legislation has been urged to ban the “barbaric sport”. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16399127.scotlands-fox-hunting-reform-remit-handed-to-junior-minister/
Loud, white men must get with the times or risk losing us support for independence
This week, I pointed out that an all-male panel at a political event was inadequate and called for at least one woman to...
Eviction notices burned by protestors at Home Office
SERCO has paused plans to evict 300 asylum seekers in the face of days of protests, culminating yesterday in demonstrators burning copies of...
Salmon farms named and shamed on animal welfare
Salmon farmers with the worst records on animal welfare have been named and shamed by campaigners hoping to provoke . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16399130.scottish-salmon-farms-named-and-shamed-on-animal-welfare/
A hollow victory: the aftermath of the Zimbabwe elections
After a bitterly contested election a dangerous war of words continues between Zimbabwe’s president and main opposition leader. Foreign Editor David Pratt takes...
