Staff completed a fire drill as smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the building. Staff at the BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific
Month: January 2021
POLITICS: SNP faces fresh claims that high-ranking figures conspired against Alex Salmond
By James Matthews, Scotland correspondent @jamesmatthewsky Last year’s criminal trial resulted in Alex Salmond’s acquittal. Left to right Salmond, Sturgeon, MacAskill and Murrell. The SNP is
RELIGION: KIRK KEEPS ITS DISTANCE OVER LEGAL CHALLENGE
Some church leaders in Scotland have launched proceedings against the government. By Democrat reporter The Church of Scotland has distanced itself from legal proceedings against
Jagtar Singh Johal: Dumbarton man ‘tortured to sign blank confession’ in India
By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Delhi A local man who has been held in an Indian jail without conviction for three years has told the
HELENSBURGH: EDUCATION CONVENER welcomes HMIE report on remote learning
By Aileen MacLennan Argyll and Bute Council’s Policy Lead for Education has welcomed a report from HM Inspectors of Education which provides a national overview
INDEPENDENCE: Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely’
‘I firmly believe Scottish independence will happen,’ Scotland’s first minister has said First Minister and Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Boris Johnson and I