Alex Thomson
Is St George now trying to slay the Sturgeon dragon?
I write from Inverness on St George’s Day at a time when Westminster, London and England have rarely seemed so distant and foreign to so many – and that cuts both ways.
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Gentrification threatens Glasgow’s carnival families
More than 4,000 people work in Scotland’s carnival yards; families whose heritage goes back centuries. Many of them live in Glasgow, but say they are being pushed out by the city’s fast moving regeneration – including in Govan, where a £17 million development is being built. We’ve been to meet the people who’ve been providing…
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Cost of rebuilding Glasgow School of Art could top £100 million
The cost of rebuilding Glasgow’s much loved School of Art could be at least £100m, experts say – describing the damage caused by Friday’s fire as “overwhelming”. Channel 4 News approached the company carrying out the restoration work at the Mackintosh building – Kier – to ask about the sprinkler system. In a statement they…
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President of Scottish Artists Union on Glasgow Art School: ‘I grew up around it, it was always an aspirational building to me’
Interview with Sinead Dunn, president of the Scottish Artists Union.
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‘Heartbreaking’: Glasgow’s renowned School of Art engulfed once again by fire
Glasgow’s world-renowned School of Art has been extensively damaged by another fire – in the midst of a multi-million pound restoration after the last blaze four years ago. 120 firefighters were called to tackle the flames – which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described as ‘heartbreaking’. Our correspondent Clare Fallon is there.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
A clubby, chummy, synthetic encounter with Cameron
What is billed as ‘life on the campaign trail’ is actually an antiseptic exercise in keeping our party leaders away from real voters.
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Keme Nzerem
Why the ‘friendly games’ are special
The Commonwealth Games have long highlighted Paralympic sport. And everyone at the event shares not just a love of sport, but also a cultural heritage.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers: HMRC states its case
A lot of folk wish to know why Hector the Taxman is expending considerable sums of our dosh to pursue Rangers FC over alleged mass tax avoidance.
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Alex Thomson
How to combat sectarian bigotry in Scotland
What strikes me as odd is that it took the intervention of Channel 4 News to shut down David Limond and the vile sectarian and racial hatred he spewed out night after night on the internet broadcast “Rangers Chat”.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers FC: the taxman ain’t walking away
Don’t go within a thousand miles of any tax-avoiding trust or benefit schemes because if you do, you will never hear the end of the love and attention HMRC are going to give you.
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Alex Thomson
Craig Whyte’s lawyers send Letter Before Action
Channel 4 News has seen a copy of the Letter Before Action now sent from lawyers acting for Craig Whyte, to Rangers FC and key shareholders involved with the club.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers’ player payments ‘not cheating’
Alex Thomson asks if football can now get back in the spotlight as the Nimmo-Smith independent commission clears Glasgow Rangers of cheating.
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Alex Thomson
Nimmo-Smith report: could titles be stripped from Rangers?
The Nimmo-Smith report could exonerate Rangers’ over player payments, or lead to a range of sanctions ranging from titles being stripped to a “slap over the wrist with a limp lettuce leaf”
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Alex Thomson
Revealed: Rangers winding-up petition
Following feverish online speculation, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reveals the truth behind rumours of a winding-up petition against Rangers Newco.
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Alex Thomson
Why Rangers face a massive re-writing of football club history
Lord Nimmo Smith’s commission, which begins today, decides whether Rangers told the football authorities about the money they paid players as part of a tax avoidance scheme. A lot is at stake.