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What progress has been made this Harm Awareness Month?

Peter Krykant has long been campaigning for changes to be made to drug policy in Scotland. I first spoke to Peter after receiving an email from the medical school sent to all students that warned them of getting involved with his drug consumption van, back in 2020. Since then, the campaigner has spoken to Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish government about heroin-assisted treatment rooms, made waves in current conversation surrounding Scottish drug policy, and continued to be authentically vocal a
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MacMerry300 workers condemn company’s ‘steady level of bad’ as union members continue to take action

Grievances included lack of adherence to Covid-19 restrictions and procedures, as well as long-term issues involving staff pay. The Glasgow Guardian spoke to Ross Cameron, a worker at Abandon Ship Bar in Glasgow, who discussed the Covid-19 regulations. He commented: "It's a bit odd that we're still seeing people at the bar when there are no plastic screens up for the bar servers. All the bar seats are still really close to each other…" Scottish government Covid-19 regulations that state from th
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MacMerry300 owner accused of lying to press amidst Covid breach scandal

Staff employed at 13 bars across Glasgow and Dundee are accusing top management of "neglecting" to convey important information about Covid, "pressuring" employees waiting on PCR results to return to work, and "inconsistencies" in staff contracts, taxes, pension payments and sick pay. The full list of grievances has been published on Twitter by Unite the Union, which named a selection of the hospitality venues involved as including The Luchador, Bird & Bear, Draffens, The Bull, Fly South and Fra
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This year, let’s change the eating disorder discourse

Yesterday was the "hangriest day of the year" for Glasgwegians, according to new WW* research. How so? Because, following New Year's resolutions, more than a third of adults in Glasgow went on restrictive diets and it's around this time that "the resolve cracks", as one Weight Watchers PR put it. Conversely, this is also when the body-posi insta-activism slams across social media again, and no matter how much you fight your way through the swamp of food, bodies, weight and self-worth posts, you
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COP diaries: day 11

There were a few events I’d been keen to attend on Wednesday, but I was also conscious that the end of the second week was fast approaching and I’d not ventured too much further out from the press hub or the plenaries. I decided to wander from the media centre - after bagging one of the seats which, at that point in the week, were becoming pretty high in demand - to the Hydro, to see what was happening in the Action Zone. As I approached the doors of the inner part of the Hydro, the ones you’d
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COP diaries: day nine

I’d heard rumours that Obama was to be making an appearance; rumours that had started circulating over the weekend but which had so far come to nothing. I did as always and scrolled through the Daily Programme posted by the UN at the start of each morning. Was there anything about him there? The “Obama remarks” finally caught my eye. 2pm, in one of the plenaries. I wondered if other people had known prior to the publication of the Programme. It was no doubt going to be mobbed: Obama was as much
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In conversation with Nicola Sturgeon: what’s the future for Scotland’s climate action?

Scotland has one of the world’s most ambitious net-zero targets, aiming to cut emissions to this extent by 2045, five years ahead of the rest of the UK. The location of Glasgow as the host city for the 26th Conference of the Parties was fitting in many ways, however the hosting of the climate conference in the thriving city was met with mixed opinions from its residents. As Glasgow University is the first minister’s alma mater, and as Nicola is a Glasgow resident herself, The Glasgow Guardian wa
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Tome On The Range | Scriber Optics: The Other Black Girl By Zakiya Dalila Harris

Authenticity versus success? Exhilarating and unpredictable, The Other Black Girl presents us with the ultimate moral dilemma. Waiting with bated breath has been fantastically worth it: Zakiya Dalila Harris’ debut novel is a masterpiece spun with threads of both a stark reality mixed with a touch of the supernatural. Meet Nella, the hardworking editorial assistant under a friendly, and sometimes frosty, editor at one of the most notorious publishing firms in the country: Wagners. Not only is th
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Scoop Syndrome And The Ethics Of Journalism

Do you ever remember, in school, being the first to finish your work? Or coming first in a race? Or, perhaps, the first to unearth some crucial piece of drama; reveling in the glory of breaking it? Being “the first” to anything is exciting, exhilarating and… makes you want to do it again. “Scoop Syndrome”, a term coined by longtime BBC journalist, Dame Esther Rantzen, describes the addictiveness of breaking news exclusives first: to publish that article, investigation or interview ahead of the
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Obama on the youth of today

It’s been nine days since COP26 started, and a number of opening speeches, national statements, discussions and conclusions have been had. Boris Johnson has made a myriad of appearances, bumbled up to the podium and, surprisingly, produced some gems of wisdom amongst the waffle. Biden, contrasting in many ways, has been far more statesman-like, formal and factual with his points, encouraging and emphasising. But it was only yesterday, eight days in, that a politician has turned up to speak at t
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‘Guilty Pleasures’: Nico’s new menu leaves you feeling anything but remorseful

What are your guilty pleasures? I was asked to think of a couple myself before heading into Six by Nico to try out their new adeptly-named, six-course tasting menu. A variety of delicacies – or maybe more commonplace cravings - came to mind: chocolate, seafood (the “guilt” as I try to remain vegetarian, but to no avail), avocado, red wine… as long as the list was, Six by Nico, much to my delight, had presented them all. I had tried not to overanalyse the menu too much in advance, to prolong my
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COP diaries: day four

I got tipped off about Princes Charles appearing at Kelvingrove Art Gallery for a car viewing, so I decided I may as well try my luck at the gates. Apparently it was a closed-off event, only for press on the list, but there was a slim chance I could ask for entry once there. Getting to the first gate, camera slung around my neck to at least look the part, COP26 press pass on full display, security met me as I walked over. I told them I was with the media for Prince Charles’ event that day, and
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Features | Tome On The Range | Liquid Lunch: Milk Fed By Melissa Broder

A tale of paradoxes from start to finish, Milk Fed is a whirlwind of energy. Melissa Broder’s newest novel is a thirst-quenching mix of love, loneliness, sex, and insatiable appetites. Broder’s straightforward writing style encapsulates the complexities of modern life: the entanglement of mental illness with self-image, the jarring of same-sex love with orthodox religion. The theme of pleasure woven throughout offers readers an easy, and enticing, way in. A slim, attractive woman who appears to
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Picking a bone: Independence at University

September 2016. Two days before my eighteenth birthday. £850 of SAAS freshly deposited into my famished bank account. I was leaving home and starting afresh, the sweetness of my long-awaited and inevitable freedom was delectable. What could go wrong? “This is it,” I’d thought to myself when my parents dropped me off at Queen Margaret Halls, alongside three suitcases filled with a wardrobe I planned to replace as soon as financially possible, two IKEA bags packed to the brim with fake plants and
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Johnny Took: The Glow, Gallagher, and Greenock

Johnny Took, Tommy O'Dell, and Matt Mason make up the Sydney-based three-piece band that is DMA's. Known for their Britpop vibe and having previously supported Liam Gallagher in 2019, the band are unsurprisingly popular this side of the hemisphere too. At long last, with their surprise EP I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going to Miss You, the band are returning to UK shores this September, with dates in Edinburgh and Greenock. Choosing to play gigs in Dunfermline and Lockerbie over heartland
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Freshers ‘abandoned’ as Glasgow University fails to house all new students

The University of Glasgow has failed to house all first year students, leaving many without guaranteed accommodation a week before freshers' week. Applications for student halls were greater than the University had planned for, following an "unprecedented demand for the forthcoming year", leaving a number of students with no other option than to take flats as far away as Paisley, whilst others, losing out to the "first-come, first-served basis" system, have been left with nothing. All students
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Spotlight: Fixing Scotland’s drug problem

Glasgow's Safe Drug Consumption Van has received its "first official funding" and is now in a better position to "improve service delivery", as seen in joyful tweets from the van's founder Peter Krykant. The van received funding from "The European Network of and for People who Use Drugs", an organisation that "[represents] the interests of people who use drugs in Europe and it's neighborhood". The Glasgow Guardian initially spoke to Krykant in November last year, following calls from Glasgow's
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