18 h. ago Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages

Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugeesA primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees.The decision by Cauldeen primary school in Inverness follows rising tensions at other schools in Scotland over adult English classes being targeted by far-right demonstrators, which has also led to events being cancelled. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Fears of more 'toxic' protests as council refuses to cancel English classes at Glasgow school

Protestors want Glasgow City Council to stop allowing immigrants to take English classes in Dalmarnock primary school - but the council is pushing back

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2 w. ago Outrage as Lib Dem council rules migrant hotel protesters are 'far

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion condemning demonstrators outside three asylum hotels.

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2 w. ago Aye Write reviews: Irvine Welsh & John Niven | Nicola Sturgeon | Sally Magnusson

Every day’s a school day at Glasgow’s Aye Write festival, writes David Robinson

Politics

2 w. ago What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz

From a Celtic shield and a horned helmet to baloney, magenta and tarantula, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who travelled in search of “the hooly blisful martir”?2 In what combat sport are competitors divided into east and west?3 Which force is based in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône?4 In hospitals, the Bristol scale is used to classify what?5 Which English rugby player has been immortalised as a Barbie doll?6 What begins at Theresienwiese on the first Saturday after 15 September?7 The River Irwell separates which two cities?8 Which band played with red flowerpots on their heads?What links: 9 Arctic; Blanford’s; corsac; fennec; red; Rüppell’s; Tibetan sand?10 I (-); II (Caroline); III (Charlotte); IV (Caroline); V (Mary); VI (Elizabeth)?11 Baloney; jeans; magenta; sardine; tarantula?12 ABC; Associated-Rediffusion; ATV; Granada?13 Aphrodite (doves); Freya (cats); Hera (peacocks); Thor (goats)?14 Celtic shield and horned helmet; bust of Hadrian; Saxon sword; Zulu spearhead?15 W...

Politics

2 w. ago 'Abhorrent': Scottish council slammed after moving adult English classes from school campus

Renfrewshire council has been called ‘abhorrent’ after moving adult English classes following an anti-refugee backlash

Politics

3 w. ago Nearly 50 rabbis protest against plans for a parish council in Broughton Park

They fear such a body would increase hate crime against the Jewish community

Events

3 w. ago Teacher reveals the truth of behaviour crisis in Scotland's classrooms in weekly diary

A senior secondary teacher at a Glasgow school has written a diary laying bare the difficulties they deal with in their classroom. Here is their account of a typical Monday to Friday

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3 w. ago Residents protest outside London council office over 'damp, mould and spiralling rents'

Harrow residents demand the local authority do more to tackle the borough’s ‘housing crisis’

Society

3 w. ago Glasgow School of Art: Medal founded by Dracula author Bram Stoker to be revived after 40 years

Bram Stoker visited Glasgow in 1896

Culture

3 w. ago Residents protest outside North London council office over 'damp, mould and spiralling rents'

Residents protest outside North London council office over 'damp, mould and spiralling rents'  MyLondon

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