As one transgender woman complains about ‘a lot of really unhelpful femininsm’, Susan Dalgety explains why she and others fear women’s rights are now at serious risk. View email online

News Sport Arts and Culture Jul 12, 2020 Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week. Why feminists like me stand with JK Rowling in trans rights row – Susan Dalgety As one transgender woman complains about ‘a lot of really unhelpful femininsm’, Susan Dalgety explains why she and others fear women’s rights are now at serious risk. Scotland needs ideas, not grievances, to save jobs – Brian Wilson Sometimes it takes something very local – like the permanent closure of a much-loved restaurant – to bring home a wider truth. Obituary: Alex Marshall, one of Scotland’s last surviving D-Day veterans On June 6, 2014, the 70th anniversary of D-day, Alex Marshall said that he and his fellow veterans were “marching into history.” Six years later, his death deprives Scotland of one of its last survivors of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held France. Is Indyref2 refusal a relief for SNP? – Letters Boris Johnson has done Nicola Sturgeon a favour, says a reader Revealed: Trump plans to build new ‘world class coastal retreat’ in Scotland The Trump Organisation is planning a major expansion of its flagship international property, targeting retirees and wealthy golf enthusiasts with a new “world class coastal retreat” which would see hundreds of private houses, luxury apartments, and retirement villas built at its world-famous Turnberry resort. Coronavirus scam: Fraudster used Covid-19 emergency funds to buy Porsche The Scottish car dealership may be one of many to be targeted by the same scam. Scottish land reform is going nowhere – Brian Wilson A planned community buy-out of the Killundine Estate on the Morvern peninsula is a rare exception to the trend, writes Brian Wilson. Trossachs: ‘Dangerous parking’ prompts closure of Dukes Pass Police have closed the A821 road near Loch Achray. Euan McColm: The folly of begging to differ with JK’s right to disagree The trouble with freedom, as the old saying goes, is the trouble it brings. View more news

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