The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Squall in it together
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
THE coming of Storm Ali this week brought a sense of deja vu upon me.
Moving up to Glasgow from London at the start of this year, I had been caught up in the Beast from the East — leaving me first stranded at Carlisle, then aboard an untimetabled staff special that rescued other passengers from a broken-down train just south of Glasgow, then dragging a suitcase full of books through the snow drifts, like a sledge.
I’d been intending, for my sins, to report on the Scottish Conservative conference in Aberdeen that weekend. But the cancellation of all trains north was quickly followed by the Tories ditching their conference altogether — and I was marooned in the Gorbals.
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