Victoria Roberston said she felt like a criminal AN ALEXANDRIA woman says she was left feeling “humiliated and belittled” after being accused of dodging a train fare. Victoria Robertson, 20 and her boyfriend William Patterson, 24, travelled to Glasgow Central last week for the first time since the initial lockdown last year. Victoria described how she and William had entered Paisley Gilmour Street station through an un-barriered entrance, and were questioned about their journey by a ScotRail ticket examiner on the platform at their destination. She told the Reporter: “We saw our train was in two minutes and ran to get on board.
Thug caged for battering brother and spraying him with a fire extinguisher on Scots train
Darren Thomson attacked brother Mark on a train between Port Glasgow and Paisley last June.
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“We want transgender people to be free to live and to prosper in modern Britain,” said Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss in a statement on the government’s website this week. “I am proud that we have made the process of getting a certificate fairer, simpler and much more affordable.”
Although reducing the GRC fee was welcomed by LGBTQ+ campaigners, many have criticised Truss for not going far enough. Cutting the cost is “a positive step”, writes Emma Powys Maurice for Pink News, but it “comes as little comfort after Truss scrapped any plans for meaningful reform” to an “intrusive, intimidating, and undignified” process.
Glaswegian designer dreams up Subway extension with new Glasgow Metro concept
After decades of failed attempts to extend the Subway across the city, Glenn Mullan has taken matters into his own hands and come up with his idea of where it should go
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Glenn Mullan s design for an extended Glasgow Subway (Image: Glenn Mullan)
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