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Neil Pooran
UK
Fringe programme launches featuring ‘notable increase’ in overseas performers
This year’s event features shows on topics including artificial intelligence, the manosphere, cults and social class.
By
Neil Pooran
4 Jun 2026
Politics
Public will value my honesty in call for Starmer to quit, says Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader was pressed on whether his own position has been weakened by the events of this week.
By
Neil Pooran
15 Feb 2026
Business News
Craft beer brewer BrewDog could be broken up as sale process begins
The beermaker has appointed consultants AlixPartners to oversee a sale process.
By
Neil Pooran
14 Feb 2026
Politics
Swinney: Timing of Murrell embezzlement hearing is matter for the courts
The First Minister spoke after a hearing for former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was moved until after the election.
By
Neil Pooran
14 Feb 2026
UK
Police investigate after golden eagle found with shotgun injuries
Four-year-old Hamlet was wounded by shotgun pellets to its wing but survived.
By
Neil Pooran
9 Feb 2026
Crime
‘Useful idiot’ who firebombed businesses in gang feud jailed
Logan Carlin could have put residents in ‘mortal danger’ when he attacked a beauty salon, a judge said.
By
Neil Pooran
9 Feb 2026
UK
One of Scotland’s last D-Day veterans dies aged 100
Albert Lamond was aboard a Royal Navy warship during the operation to liberate Europe.
By
Neil Pooran
9 Feb 2026
Health
‘Hidden vulnerability’ involving vitamin B uncovered in aggressive brain cancer
Scientists hope a prescribed diet could help slow glioblastoma tumour growth when certain drugs are used.
By
Neil Pooran
9 Feb 2026
Crime
Judge rises to consider ‘complex’ arguments in trans prisoner legal challenge
Lady Ross said she would not be able to deliver any decision ‘very rapidly’.
By
Neil Pooran
5 Feb 2026
Crime
Ban on trans inmates in women’s jails would be ‘fundamental denial’, court told
For Women Scotland is challenging the current Scottish Prison Service policy of holding some trans women in the women’s prison estate.
By
Neil Pooran
5 Feb 2026
Crime
Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC
The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.
By
Neil Pooran
4 Feb 2026
Crime
No automatic breach of rights from trans women in female prisons, court told
The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the current policy on transgender prisoners.
By
Neil Pooran
4 Feb 2026
UK
Widow of firefighter who died in Jenners blaze hits out at ‘unacceptable’ delays
Shelley Martin said the death of her husband Barry had ‘devastated’ her family, including her twin sons.
By
Neil Pooran
3 Feb 2026
UK
Three years is too long to have unanswered questions, says firefighter’s widow
Shelley Martin has hit out at delays in the investigation into the death of her husband, Barry Martin.
By
Neil Pooran
3 Feb 2026
Crime
Custody officer ‘angry’ after pronoun disagreement, tribunal told
An instructor at GEOAmey said David Toshack’s probation was ended as he said he would not comply with company policy.
By
Neil Pooran
2 Feb 2026
Politics
Full investigation into Mandelson needed after Epstein revelations – SNP
MP Stephen Flynn has written to the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus saying an urgent inquiry is needed.
By
Neil Pooran
2 Feb 2026
Politics
John Swinney ‘fabricated’ quote on pressure around QEUH opening, claims Labour
Anas Sarwar is demanding that the First Minister corrects the Holyrood record.
By
Neil Pooran
30 Jan 2026
UK
Assembling child health facilities shows our ‘solidarity’ with Gaza – Swinney
Scottish charity Kids Operating Room plans to set up paediatric health centres in the West Bank and Gaza.
By
Neil Pooran
30 Jan 2026
Crime
Sacked worker denies being ‘anti-trans’ as tribunal discusses online posts
David Toshack has taken his former employer GEOAmey to an employment tribunal.
By
Neil Pooran
29 Jan 2026
Crime
I was not hostile in disagreement over pronouns, sacked worker tells tribunal
David Toshack says he was dismissed by GEOAmey as a trainee prison custody officer because he would not use ‘incorrect pronouns’.
By
Neil Pooran
29 Jan 2026
Politics
Mother of grade error student says inquiry into his death must take place
Ethan Scott Brown took his own life after wrongly being told he could not graduate with an Honours degree.
By
Neil Pooran
28 Jan 2026
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