The Daily Mail highlighting that NW areas have been hardest hit by Covid with the highest burden to date. Includes a long (!) quote by me on how Covid has made existing inequalities a lot worse. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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Too little awareness of the plight of Uyghurs news.sky.com/story/uyghurs-…

North Korean soldiers have put on a display for leader Kim Jong-un, to show enemies that they had "iron-fists" to protect the country bbc.in/3iWXIko

Sir David Amess: MP murder suspect held under Terrorism Act Evidence of failure to respond to terrorism as suspect was identified in prevent programme #highers bbc.co.uk/news/uk-589431…

National 5s - lots of information about the powers of the Police here! 👮‍♀️

Nationals: roles of First Minister in action!

Advanced Highers, this has some great info on why people commit crime!

⁦Grange Academy⁩ AH Mods pupils engaged in and enjoying the #AHMODSCONFERENCE

AH pupils deeply engaged in the experiences of George, Malky and Linda @heavysoundCIC. Clearly demonstrating the impact of trauma/ACE's on the path to criminality as well as how to effectively "fix" the prison system and make CPO's meaningful. #AHModsConference

Interesting to see overwhelming support by SNP members at #SNP21 for considering 'the Finnish model' (incl. open prisons), to learn from 'other more successful models' for dealing with crime to 'reduce imprisonment rates.' 435 votes for, 10 against. [1/2] scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Linda and Stuart Allan: the couple fighting for prison reform – after their daughter died in custody theguardian.com/society/2021/d…

Merry Christmas 🎄

N5…..!!!

Here are the courses conducting assessments tomorrow. Arrive at the assembly hall 10 minutes before the assessment starts. Ensure all phones and smart watches are turned off and placed in your bags. Bring all relevent equipment with you.

Governments backbenchers holding government to account HIGHER!

Higher and AH!

“What cannot be held, must be let go” Powerful reporting by Fergal Keane on tonight’s BBC News (UK) at 10pm from Lviv where there’s a rush to escape the fighting in Ukraine.

Everyone should watch this. Sky News team comes under fire from Russian forces in Kyiv, despite making it clear they’re journalists. Two colleagues were hit by bullets - corespondent Stuart Ramsay and Camerman Richie Mocker. They’re lucky to be alive. news.sky.com/story/sky-news…

Modern Studies: 50 years of a unique school subject. tes.com/magazine/analy… Thanks to John McTaggart for this article.