After the recent trial of activists who blockaded Brand St Immigration Centre in Glasgow last December, one mystery remained. At the last minute a statement was introduced by the prosecution that both of the parties named on it denied knowledge of.

Tenants in high flats across Glasgow have been left without working washing machines. To do a wash, their machines have to be filled by hand with water. Glasgow Housing Association know about the problem, and know how to fix it. But shockingly, GHA are stalling with the fixes.

Local Housing Allowance limits the maximum Housing Benefit you can receive in the private rented sector.
If you can rent a place cheaply though, you could pocket up to £15 per week of the saved Housing Benefit in cash.

Newcastle's anarchist film festival Projectile returned over the Bank Holiday weekend, covering culture, class, ideas and organising. Here's a report on a small fraction of the events.