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TUC leader praises young Scots campaigners Better Than Zero for battling zero-hours contracts and poor work conditions

THE leader of the UK’s trade union movement has praised “brilliant” campaigns against zero-hours contracts by young Scottish workers. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207853.TUC_leader_praises_young_Scots_campaigners_Better_Than_Zero_for_battling_zero-hours_contracts_and_poor_work_conditions/?ref=rss

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Burlesque and the new sexual revolution

“ONE of my key feelings,” says Lou Safire (Lucifer, get it?) – a, tattooed bear-like figure who does burlesque dance acts, sometimes on...

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Mum forced to move school and home over transphobic bullying as teachers warn more needs to be done to tackle it

ENDEMIC bullying against transgender pupils in schools is forcing young people to the brink of suicide, teachers have warned. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207857.Mum_forced_to_move_school_and_home_over_transphobic_bullying_as_teachers_warn_more_needs_to_be_done_to_tackle_it/?ref=rss

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Call to strip liquor licences from bad employers

BARS and restaurants employing workers on zero hour contracts should be banned from serving alcohol, campaigners say. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207856.Call_to_strip_liquor_licences_from_bad_employers/?ref=rss

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Top SNP deputy contender: I’ve sympathy for EUref2 vote

An SNP Cabinet Secretary who is standing to be his party’s depute leader has said he has a “degree of sympathy” for a...

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Gentle Johnny … the forgotten Scots safe-cracker who became Churchill’s secret weapon against the Nazis

He was a notorious Scots safe-cracker who became a secret weapon in the war against Hitler. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207861.Gentle_Johnny_____the_forgotten_Scots_safe-cracker_who_became_Churchill__39_s_secret_weapon_against_the_Nazis/?ref=rss

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SNP Brexiteers warn Sturgeon: do not back EUref2

LEADING SNP Brexiteers have warned the party against backing a second referendum on leaving the European Union. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207863.SNP_Brexiteers_warn_Sturgeon__do_not_back_EUref2/?ref=rss

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Transport minister offers to intervene in sexist bullying allegations row

TRANSPORT minister Humza Yousaf is poised to intervene in a bitter rail industry row over accusations of sexist bullying. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207862.Transport_minister_offers_to_intervene_in_sexist_bullying_allegations_row/?ref=rss

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Police probed over data trawl of mobile phones

Police Scotland is under investigation by the UK’s data protection watchdog after revelations in the Sunday Herald about the force accessing data on...

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‘We’re scared we’ll be thrown away like trash’ … fear among supermarket staff ahead of Sainsburys-Asda merger

SUPERMARKET workers have voiced their “extreme anxiety" about the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207865.__39_We__39_re_scared_we__39_ll_be_thrown_away_like_trash__39______fear_among_supermarket_staff_ahead_of_Sainsburys-Asda_merger/?ref=rss