Patcham residents protest against Royal Mail development plan

The controversial new distribution site, which would be built on land in Patcham Court Farm in Vale Avenue, Brighton, would include new storage facilities and a vehicle maintenance facility. However, campaigners from Patcham Against Royal Mail have raised concerns that the development would put an aquifer used for Brighton’s drinking …

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Twitter, now called X, reinstates Kanye West’s account

The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, reinstated rapper Kanye West on Saturday, about eight months after his account was suspended for posting antisemitic comments. Last December, West, who performs under the name Ye, posted an image that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of …

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Mail On Sunday just ran a racist article about Damson Idris

Support us and go ad-free The British media has long subjected Black people to all manner of racism. While these attacks are often blatant, there are also the more ‘excusable forms’, such as when an outlet ‘accidentally’ mixes up two different Black women (‘excusable’ as in these outlets always have …

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Dundee FC launch new academy to tackle sport inequality

Dundee Football Club have launched a new academy to help tackle inequality in the sport. Dundee FC have launched The Dundee Academy CIC, a new social enterprise aiming to break down barriers for children and young people with football potential to enter the Football Pathway and progress to their highest …

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High speed rail link better than dualling the A9

Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Fergus Ewing MSP at the A9 Crisis Summit in Inverness. Picture: Callum Mackay. Strathspey MSP Fergus Ewing has done sterling work arguing for a more practical implementation of the bottle return deposit and Highly Protected Marine Areas schemes. But does …

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