‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
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Minimum wage bandings have been in the headlines this week. Unlike some, we say workers deserve fair wages, regardless of age.
The answer to fixing the economy and addressing youth unemployment isn’t minimum wage cuts for those already struggling. It’s investing in decent jobs and liveable wages

📅📢 Saturday 28th February. Come along and say hi! You can come and go or stay for the whole thing, we’d love to see you ☺️

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Good to see the principle that no one is above the law is being upheld in the UK, but take note of the fact that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not been arrested because of the harm he may have done to girls, but because of the harm he may have done to profits

Isn't Capitalism great?

Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party

Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party

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Reform council spends £600k on eight free parking spaces for senior councillors | LBC The majority of staff, who will not be able to use the free parking facilities available to their senior colleagues, will still be expected to pay to park every day

The people's priorities ...

#HolyroodMay2026

Everybody to Kenmure Street has won an international award at Sundance Film Festival. Well timed, cos it will remind doubters, haters & sceptics that neighbours will protect one another against an authoritarian state - in Glasgow 2021 or Minneapolis today. www.thenational.scot/news/2581367...

Join #ScotlandTravelsTogether heading to London on March 28 for the #Together Against the Far Right demo.

Trains from Glasgow & Edinburgh. Pay what you can (min £30). Can’t go? Donate a ticket for someone else.
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A close-up composite photograph of the Eiffel Tower's intricate iron lattice structure under a clear blue sky, focusing on the first-floor level where the historic frieze of 72 male scientists' and engineers' names (engraved by Gustave Eiffel in 1889) is prominently displayed in large gold letters on a horizontal band encircling the tower. The main image shows part of the tower's arched supports and the balcony railing. The inset zoomed-in detail at the bottom is an illustration showing the engraved band with the women's names to be added onto the Eiffel Tower with JAMIN, GUYOT, CURIE, and others in uppercase gold lettering on the iron beam. This image illustrates the current appearance of the Eiffel Tower's first-floor frieze and serves as a visual reference for the ongoing "Hypatia" project (announced in 2025–2026 by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and a commission including Femmes & Sciences association), which proposed adding a new matching strip of 72 women scientists' names (French or France-linked pioneers from the 18th century to modern times) directly above the existing frieze. The proposed additions—featuring luminaries like Marie Curie (already noted but emphasized for her legacy), Irène Joliot-Curie, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Angélique du Coudray, Sophie Germain, and others—would be engraved in the same gold uppercase style, font size (about 60 cm high), and architectural placement to achieve symbolic gender equality and honor women's overlooked contributions to science, spanning fields from physics and mathematics to medicine and botany. As of January 31, 2026, the list has been unveiled and is awaiting final approvals for engraving (goal of Q1 2027). #EiffelTower #HypatiaProject #FemmesEtSciences

By early 2027 (goal), the names of 72 notable women scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians, inventors, physicians, explorers & more will be added to a new golden frieze on all 4 sides of the Eiffel Tower directly above the 72 men listed since its original 1889 opening.

#WomenInSTEM

Has this quote ever been more relevant to the UK?

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Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Guillermo A. Cisneros Phelps

Alfredo Jaar, He Ram, 1991
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Bias against working class should be illegal, culture review says More than 50% of respondents to a survey on the creative sector say they experienced class bias.

It really should.

Proud to have signed up to this when the group were in Westminster - I had not heard of it previously

I know the majority of women are trans inclusive so let’s get this out wide and sign up many more women to @nionwomen.bsky.social

Crowd of 150 gathered to listen to speeches in Buchanan streets. Some hold placards saying fuck ice and stop the far right

GLASGOW STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS ✊✊✊

#FUCKICE