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SIR – On Monday evening the Prime Minister announced the first death of a person in Britain with the omicron Covid variant.

It was a shocking phenomenon - a spate of reports of women being injected with date-rape drugs. Now a criminologist who's studied the evidence poses an uncomfortable question.

Weekly strike action by ScotRail staff has been extended, with ticket examiners to walk out alongside their conductor colleagues this Sunday. This week was set to be the last of six Sundays of strikes by members of the RMT union, but instead the industrial action will continue.   Earlier this month ticket examiners voted in support of walkouts, following a dispute over “equality and justice” surrounding extra pay for working rest days. This Sunday, May 2, will mark the first of six weeks of the ticket examiner's strikes. It was also due to be the last of six Sundays of strikes...

by Dr Stuart Waiton and Louise Henrard April 8, 2021, 6:30 pm © Shutterstock / YanLev Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Students at Aberdeen University have voted to have trigger warnings included in lectures to alert them to topics that might cause them distress or upset. Ivana Drdáková, the association’s vice-president elect with responsibility for student welfare, said fellow students should be shielded from unwanted references to issues such as animal abuse, racism and transphobia. But t...

I AM having a wry smile to myself about the latest quarantine rules for overseas arrivals in Scotland and the loopholes.