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Union suspends planned strike by Glasgow teachers

It came after the council said it will look to increase teacher numbers in the city.

Evening Standard

Glasgow teachers announce strike date in dispute over cuts

The Educational Institute of Scotland said schools across the city will likely close when staff walk out on February 20.

Evening Standard

Glasgow’s new drug facility welcomes more than 100 visitors in first week

A DRUG consumption facility in Glasgow has welcomed over 100 people during its first week of operation...

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It is morally wrong not to open safer drug consumption room, says councillor

Allan Casey said ‘all eyes are on Glasgow’ as the UK’s first safer drug consumption room opens its doors.

Evening Standard

UK’s first safer drug consumption facility offers hope to people – councillor

Scotland has the highest rate of drugs deaths in Europe, with fatalities rising by 12% in a year to 1,172 drug-related deaths in 2023.

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UK’s first drug consumption room to open later this month

The facility in Glasgow will allow users to take illegal substances under medical supervision.

Evening Standard

Council considers empty offices and tenements for homeless accommodation

Empty offices and a number of Glasgow’s pre 1919 tenement blocks could be converted into homeless accommodation in a bid to hep tackle the growing…

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Opening of Glasgow's drug consumption room could be delayed until early 2025

THE UK’s first drug consumption room may not now open until early next year after delays...

The National (Scotland)

Opening of UK’s first drug consumption room could be delayed until early 2025

The facility in Glasgow is currently undergoing final checks to the water and ventilation systems.

The Independent UK

'Nonsense': Anas Sarwar panned for 'UK cuts not related to Scottish cuts' claim

ANAS Sarwar has been panned after he claimed that UK Government cuts are “not related” to cuts in Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

UK Government pledges not to 'interfere' in Scotland's drugs consumption room pilot

THE UK Government "will not interfere" with plans to set up a drug consumption room in Scotland, a Tory minister has said.

The National (Scotland)

Number of homeless refugees in Glasgow doubles amid asylum backlog

Camps also springing up in London and other cities as Liverpool council warns of housing emergency

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow set to declare a 'housing emergency' amid growing homeless crisis

Homelessness in Glasgow has reached a point where it must be declared an emergency, according to the councillor in charge of the services.

The National (Scotland)

'Little has changed since Stephen Lawrence': Ricardo dos Santos speaks out after Met officers sacked

The Olympic sprinter says he and his partner Bianca Williams were subject to 'racist stereotypes'

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Two Met officers committed gross misconduct in stop and search of black athletes

Two officers have been fired by the Met after a disciplinary panel found they committed gross misconduct

The Independent UK

Two Met officers sacked over ‘racist’ stop and search of Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos

Olympic sprinter Dos Santos accused officers of handcuffing and searching the pair for ‘driving while Black’

The Independent UK

Met Police officer denies following athlete’s car because driver was black

Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams believe they were racially profiled during an encounter with officers in 2020.

The Independent UK

Officer denies racially profiling athlete after insisting he smelled cannabis

Pc Allan Casey denied racially profiling sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos when it was suggested by Karon Monaghan KC, for the IOPC.

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Met officer ‘thought he could smell cannabis’ in police stop of athletes

Pc Allan Casey ‘thought he could smell cannabis’ after Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams’ car was stopped, a misconduct hearing was told

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Bianca Williams: Footage released of moment police handcuffed athlete as officers face misconduct probe

Five Metropolitan officers are facing misconduct probe over stop of athlete Bianca Williams and her partner

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow gets go-ahead to open UK’s first drug consumption room

Cities across Scotland considering similar addiction schemes as plans approved for Hunter Street facility

The Guardian - UK

Black athlete recounts ‘traumatic’ police stops at officers’ misconduct tribunal

Ricardo dos Santos tells lawyers they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London

The Guardian - UK

Met stopped Bianca Williams and family ‘because they’re black’, tribunal hears

British athlete was travelling with Ricardo dos Santos and their baby when ‘aggressive’ police handcuffed and searched them

Evening Standard

Bianca Williams: Met Police officers deny gross misconduct over athlete’s stop-and-search

British sprinter and her partner Richard Dos Santos have accused Met of racism over the 2020 incident

Evening Standard

Bianca Williams: Five Met officers involved in athlete stop-and-search to face misconduct probe this month

Misconduct hearings to take place this month over stop of athlete Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos

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