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Teachers in the constituency of Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross face being banned from calling pupils girls or boys under new gender neutral rules.

The UK Government has said it has "no plans" to increase the number of overseas worker visas available for HGV and bus drivers despite firms struggling to recruit staff.

BristolLive reports.Labour councillor Margaret Hickman said: “Casual street harassment of women and domestic homicide are some of the biggest issues Bristol has to deal with.“I’m not saying all of that comes from these two clubs, but some of it probably does.“There is evidence to suggest this.“We can’t ignore the violence against women that is perpetrated by people who attend these venues.”Sasha Rakoff, chief executive of the campaign group Not Buying It, told the Observer it “breeds and feeds the very attitudes that leads to harassment, abuse and ultimately violence against all women and girls”.But Tory councillor Richard Eddy said: “We are asked not to give our taste, our moral view, whether we believe these sorts of clubs should exist,

Parkhead WILL go ahead and without trouble.Politicians are set to meet with both clubs as well as police and Glasgow City Council later on Friday to discuss the forthcoming Old Firm clash which has been thrust into the spotlight after crowds of Rangers fans broke lockdown rules to party in George Square last weekend.Fears have been raised that the fixture could be cancelled to avoid further breaches with Justice Minister Humza Yousaf warning: “If government cannot get assurance that we won't see a repeat of such scenes, then every option will be considered and that would include deferring the game.”But Tory leader Ross - who has officiated as an assistant referee at a number of Old Firm matches - gave his backing to the game going ahead

Hundreds of pupils in Stirling may have missed out on online learning over lockdown according to new figures.Stirling Council said last week it would “aspire” to provide a Chromebook for all secondary school pupils and pupils in upper primary school by the autumn term.But Tory politicians are calling for guarantees that all pupils at Stirling’s schools will have access to online learning before schools return in August - and for comprehensive support to be in place to ensure pupils engage with the digital opportunities available.Mid Scotland and Fife MSP, Dean Lockhart and Stirling councillor Ross Oxburgh asked the council how many pupils identified as being unable to access learning online.In April around 590 primary pupils were unable to

Labour councillors reacted with fury over ‘scandalous and outlandish’ claims about trade union funding  as a town hall row threatned to boil over.