Billy Briggs

Society

Metal festival accused of neo-Nazi links moves to Edinburgh

Billy Briggs on March 27, 2020March 28, 2020

A black metal music festival whose line-up includes bands accused of promoting neo-Nazism is now due to take place near Edinburgh after a Glasgow venue cancelled its booking.

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Health, Crime and justice

Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’

Billy Briggs on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Hundreds of police recruits training at the Scottish Police College in Tulliallan were not given medical checks or made to social distance, we can reveal.

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Human rights, International

Scots university taught cadets from Saudi air force accused of war crimes

Billy Briggs on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

Stirling University taught English to Saudi air force cadets after UN investigators said air strikes in Yemen by the Saudi air force might amount to war crimes.

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Human rights, International

Tibetan language being replaced by Chinese, warn campaigners

Billy Briggs on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

An exiled Tibetan in Scotland has condemned China after report says that children in Tibet are being taught Chinese at the expense of their native language.

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Environment, Finance, Fracking

Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline

Billy Briggs on March 16, 2020March 17, 2020

Critics say the project "threatens pristine environments and would provide huge new sources of climate pollution."

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Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Billy Briggs on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

A radar funded by Scottish Enterprise was marketed to countries with poor records on human rights at one of the world's largest arms fairs.

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Society, Politics

Bands accused of promoting neo-Nazism to play Glasgow music festival

Billy Briggs on March 4, 2020March 6, 2020

Campaigners say bands alleged to promote neo-Nazism should be stopped from performing at a Glasgow music festival.

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Politics

Scottish Defence League links to Nazi terror groups “concerning”

Billy Briggs on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

An expert on the far right says links between the Scottish Defence League and neo-Nazi groups revealed by a leak from a far-right website are "concerning".

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Environment

Animal lab sanctioned after scores of rats crushed to death

Billy Briggs on February 26, 2020March 1, 2020

Animal research firm sanctioned by the UK government after being accused of leaving more than a hundred rats inside an industrial crusher by mistake.

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Billy Briggs

Society

Metal festival accused of neo-Nazi links moves to Edinburgh

Health, Crime and justice

Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’

Human rights, International

Scots university taught cadets from Saudi air force accused of war crimes

Human rights, International

Tibetan language being replaced by Chinese, warn campaigners

Environment, Finance, Fracking

Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline

Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Society, Politics

Bands accused of promoting neo-Nazism to play Glasgow music festival

Politics

Scottish Defence League links to Nazi terror groups “concerning”

Environment

Animal lab sanctioned after scores of rats crushed to death

Airbnb hosts in Scotland defy coronavirus lockdown

NHS struggled to recruit senior anaesthetists before coronavirus

Coronavirus cases in Scotland

Metal festival accused of neo-Nazi links moves to Edinburgh