Violence has broken out in clashes between protesters and police in the capital this afternoon.
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  Jun 14, 2020  
     
 

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  Video: Far right protests against Winston Churchill statue vandalism erupts into violence  
     
  Violence has broken out in clashes between protesters and police in the capital this afternoon.  
     
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Police are appealing for help identifying the body of a woman recovered from the River Forth
 
Her body was recovered from the river after a report was received around 9.45am on Saturday
 
     
 
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UK ‘definitive’ on Brexit date despite Scottish protests
 
The UK government has formally notified the EU that it will not seek an extension to Brexit trade talks, hours after the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales warned it would be “extraordinarily reckless” to end the transition phase amid an unprecedented economic crisis caused by coronavirus.
 
     
 
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Lasting change will take more than pulling down statues – Brian Wilson
 
Some incidents stick in the memory. I recall speaking at an event about Central America in Glasgow City Chambers. Normally, people comment on its grandeur and beauty. My fellow speaker had a different perspective. “Whenever I enter a place like this,” she said, “I am reminded how much wealth was stolen from our countries”.
 
     
 
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“Absolute shame on this man”: Anger as man pictured urinating next to the PC Keith Palmer memorial
 
The right wing protesters were out to ‘protect the statues’ in London
 
     
 
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The questions Nicola Sturgeon needs to answer over Covid response – Brian Wilson
 
With over 4,000 Scottish dead, the time for “consensus” is long past. Indeed, there was probably too much of it early on, for good motives, in Scotland and at Westminster.
 
     
 
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Glasgow rally: Hundreds gather ‘to protect’ war memorial in George Square
 
The event has been organised by the Loyalist Defence League
 
     
 
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Obituary: Tony Cohen, Highland Games athlete who also excelled at boxing, shinty and hurling
 
Tony Cohen, Highland Games athlete. Born: 26 January 1939. Died: 19 May 2020, aged 81
 
     
 
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London Protests: These dramatic pictures capture far-right protesters clashing violently with police officers
 
Protesters were there to ‘guard’ national monuments
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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