A once highly-defended Scottish castle that is protected by gun holes and 3.5-metre thick walls has come under attack – from vandals and anti-social behaviour.
Those are the words of Rami, an oncology nurse in the Palestinian district of East Jerusalem. The 23-year-old and his friend Yousef (also a nurse) said the safest they have felt in their lives was when they were in Scotland for three weeks in 2019, as guests of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The pair spoke to Gina Davidson, via WhatsApp, the day before hundreds of Palestinians reportedly rioted in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, with police using horses and water cannons to try to control the unrest.
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A once highly-defended Scottish castle that is protected by gun holes and 3.5-metre thick walls has come under attack – from vandals and anti-social behaviour.
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Two Palestinian nurses, who visited Scotland last year to study palliative care for terminal cancer patients, have told of their daily fear of being killed in the street on their way to work in Israeli hospitals.
A key review into how the Scottish Government handles internal documents and information is set to published in June, months after the Alex Salmond inquiry said existing processes are “seriously flawed”.
Now that the majority of Scotland is in Level 2 of coronavirus restrictions, the opportunities to enjoy holidays with family and friend have broadened significantly.
Campaigners have launched a last-ditch attempt to save a historic Scottish sailing ship from destruction after officials in Hawaii set a deadline of Friday for bids to remove the vessel from Honolulu harbour where she has been moored for nearly 60 years.
It was inevitable that the scenes of disorder and anti-Catholic bigotry perpetrated by a number of Rangers supporters in Glasgow’s city centre on Saturday would give way to a familiar refrain.
IN this life, I have discovered, there are two kinds of mistakes: good ones and bad ones. Bad mistakes are pretty self-explanatory: you get something wrong and then, sooner or later, something bad happens as a result.
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