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Libby Brooks

Libby Brooks is the Guardian's Scotland correspondent, based in Glasgow

19 July 2024

  • Mass IT outage hits companies and infrastructure around the world<br>epa11487323 Indian workers try to repair a malfunctioning information screen at the Delhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, 19 July 2024. Some of the services at the Delhi Airport were temporarily impacted due to the global IT outage, the airport said in a statement. Companies and institutions around the world have been affected on 19 July by a major computer outage in systems running Microsoft Windows linked to a faulty Crowdstrike cyber-security software update. According to CrowdStrike's CEO, the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA

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    Windows IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for global chaos caused by update and warns fix may take time to work – as it happened

    Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says fix has been issued to software update responsible – but impact of that will not be immediate

18 July 2024

  • Keir Starmer points while standing behind a lectern between two union jacks

    Keir Starmer speaks after European Political Community summit – as it happened

    Prime minister says summit has been ‘successful and productive’ as world leaders discuss Ukraine and European security
  • Smoke visible from chimneys at Grangemouth oil refinery

    Securing future of Grangemouth oil refinery ‘will test Scottish and UK relations’

    Just Transition Commission says finding solution will be litmus test of governments’ ability to work together
  • Polmont young offender institution

    Teenager kills himself at Scottish young offender institution

    Jonathan Beadle dies at Polmont a month after bill to stop under-18s being sent to prison became law

17 July 2024

  • Writer George RR Martin smiles at the camera

    Game of Thrones’ George RR Martin falls foul of Glasgow sci-fi event’s strict rules

  • Nadia Almada … ‘Inside the house I made my own rules.’

    ‘I felt invincible!’: Nadia Almada on strength, glamour and trans rights – 20 years after winning Big Brother

1 July 2024

  • Campaigners hold signs including 'Sunak sucks' and 'save trans lives' at a demonstration in support of trans rights

    Campaigners lament ‘completely off’ UK election discussion of trans issues

    Trans people ‘being used as a political football’ with heightened mainstream and social media coverage
  • John Swinney on the campaign trail at Portobello Beach and Promenade last week.

    Election fight between Labour and SNP is still on, says John Swinney

    Scottish voters may steer clear of Labour, which will adopt Tory austerity, and ‘opt for independence’
  • Sarwar and Starmer clapping

    Parties keen to capitalise on SNP woes in Scotland, but for different reasons

    SNP fears resurgent Labour, while Starmer seeks credibility and Lib Dems eye status of third biggest party in Commons

June 2024

  • PM again declines to say whether he told Craig Williams in advance about his decision to hold the election in July

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Sunak cites ‘confidential’ inquiry as he refuses to answer questions over aide and election date bet – as it happened

  • Kemi Badenoch David Tennant

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    David Tennant should have been more respectful when criticising Badenoch over LGBT views, says Starmer – as it happened

  • Kevin Craig (right) pictured with Labour leader Keir Starmer.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK general election: suspended Labour candidate says he regrets betting on Tories to win in his constituency – as it happened

  • Rishi Sunak.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Sunak defends decision not to take immediate action against Tories in betting scandal – as it happened

  • JK Rowling agrees to meeting with Labour about gender transition policy

  • Wildcat kittens born outside captivity in Cairngorms a ‘major milestone’

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Talk of Labour supermajority ‘nonsense’, says party’s Scotland leader – as it happened

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer says he would not let SNP hold new independence referendum or lift veto on gender recognition bill – as it happened

  • Rishi Sunak refuses to say if more Tories face election bet inquiries

  • SNP investigated over claim funds misused to support general election candidates

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tory candidate facing probe over election date betting allegations threatens to sue BBC – as it happened

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