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‘Glasgow book festival shouldn’t be axed’, says Booker Prize nominee
The Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan is back, with an ambitious, 640-page state-of-the-nation novel, in which no one is spared.
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Glasgow student and W.H.O worker Dima al-Haj, killed in Gaza, is remembered as a ‘wonderful colleague’ with ‘radiant smile’
Earlier we spoke to Dr Richarrd Paperkorn who is the World Health Organisation representative in the West Bank and Gaza. He began by telling us about Dima Al-Hajj.
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Mourned from Gaza to Glasgow, this is Dima’s story
Last week 29-year-old Dima AlHaj, her husband Muhammed, her six month old son Abood and more than 40 members of her extended family were killed when their house was hit. Dima worked for the World Health Organisation in Gaza and previously studied in Glasgow.
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Folk musicians descend on Glasgow for Celtic Connections festival
Thousands of musicians from countries across the world have descended upon Glasgow to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the folk festival Celtic Connections.
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Row over Glasgow low-emission zone plan
A new low emission zone is being introduced in Glasgow city centre in an attempt to tackle pollution by the city that hosted the COP26 conference on climate change.
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Searching for a Scottish street party – after Glasgow councillor says use of public money for celebrations would be ‘sickeningly offensive’
There are scores of events planned this weekend across Scotland to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, but not everyone is getting into the Royal spirit… like Glasgow, where some councillors slammed the idea of spending public money during a cost of living crisis.
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Humanity now heading in right direction says PM, after Glasgow climate pact agreed
Boris Johnson has hailed what he called the “game changing” agreement at the end of the COP26 climate summit, saying humanity was now heading in the right direction.
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Thousands march in Glasgow for climate action
In Glasgow, organisers say over 100,000 people took to the streets.
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COP26 Youth Day: Thousands take to Glasgow’s streets to demand action on climate change
At COP26 in Glasgow, it’s officially Youth Day, but you didn’t need to be inside the conference walls to see that.
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COP26: Onboard Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior as it sails to Glasgow
The Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior has sailed up the Clyde towards the heart of Glasgow, with youth climate activists on board from areas most affected by global warming.
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COP26: Climate activists out in force as Glasgow summit begins
Greta Thunberg has accused the summit delegates of failing to take the crisis seriously enough.
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COP26: Glasgow summit hears passionate calls for action on climate
Enough of burning and drilling and mining – we are digging our own graves: the warning from the UN chief on the first day of this summit could hardly have been starker.
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COP26 climate summit begins in Glasgow
As the conference formally began here on the banks of the Clyde, hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to the climate summit by train were stranded after a tree fell on the tracks halting services from London.
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COP26: Glasgow makes final preparations to host crucial climate conference
About 100,000 protesters, 30,000 delegates and 120 world leaders will soon descend on Glasgow for the climate summit.
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Boy arrested over Glasgow teenager’s killing
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 14-year-old boy in Glasgow.
