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Ribbon is cut on Ayrshire's new £1.4m underpass and sensory garden to help promote sustainable travel

The Alloway to Burton Underpass Link project is just one of many projects underway to encourage Active Travel in Ayrshire.

Daily Record

Campaigners call for action as Renfrewshire transport review set to take a year

Residents have said they cannot be shut off from vital transport while the assessment is carried out.

Daily Record

Glasgow regeneration plans including High Street station revamp agreed

Ten-year plans for four districts of the city centre — Cowcaddens, the Learning Quarter, the Merchant City and Townhead — were approved by councillors.

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People using concession card for free or discounted travel urged to renew five weeks before expiry date

Renewal forms are no longer being sent to disabled card holders with a National Entitlement Card due to expire.

Daily Record

Paisley gran with MS says she will be "housebound" if McGill's bus cuts go ahead

Linda Stenhouse, who uses a walking frame, has lambasted McGill’s Buses for slashing her lifeline 64 bus which stops yards from her front door.

Daily Record

Councillor makes '11th hour' appeal to save Kilbarchan buses facing axe

It's one of a number of service cuts earmarked for the wider Renfrewshire area.

Daily Record

Balloch Station set for park and ride, as part of local transport funding boost

Last week Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) announced more than half a million pounds of funding for local travel projects across Dumbarton, Alexandria and Helensburgh.

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Bus stop decision reversed as 'room to swing a cat' comparison made

Kids were getting 'mockit' using the temporary bus stop.

Daily Record

Glasgow Subway shuts down both circles following 'passenger incident'

UPDATE: The Subway's services have now resumed in both directions. The SPT customer travel information confirmed both lines had closed down this afternoon following the incident. Police Scotland has been informed of the incident.

Glasgow Live

Detainees with disabilities in 'spiral of hopelessness' after cancelled United Nations visit to Australia

Advocates are concerned people with disability in detention settings across Australia have been forgotten following the cancelled visit of an international torture prevention group.

ABC News

IBD 50 Software Growth Stock Drives Social Media Platforms; Spikes After Earnings

Sprout Social's market segment is expected to grow 21% annually. Its open-source framework taps a huge opportunity in social media management.

Investors Business Daily

UN torture body cancels visit to Australia over unrestricted access issue in ‘extraordinary step’

UN panel suspends visit to New South Wales and Queensland after access blocked to some sites

The Independent UK

UN torture prevention body cancels visit to Australia after access to facilities blocked

Rwanda is the only other country to have had a visit cancelled, with Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner calling decision ‘disappointing’

The Guardian - AU

WTF: A UN Torture Prevention Body Had To Can Its Aus Investigation After It Was Refused Access

The only other country where this has happened is Rwanda.

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UN torture prevention panel terminates visit to Australia

A U.N. torture prevention panel terminated its suspended visit to Australia, saying it continued to face obstacles in getting access to some detention centres in the country.

ABC News

UN torture prevention body cancels Australia trip after refused access to detention, mental health centres

Australia has now joined Rwanda as the only other country to have inspections terminated by the United Nations, after the international body was denied full access to detention and mental health in-patient wards in New South Wales and Queensland.

Daily Record

Councillor hits out as vital Motherwell bus route set to be discontinued

The 244 service for the North Lodge area of the town is one of five bus routes in North Lanarkshire that could be cut.

The National (Scotland)

SPT announce MAJOR subway update ahead of Rangers and Celtic clash

SPT has announced changes to its upcoming plans of one-day Subway closures.

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Australia facing questions at the UN about 'horrific' issues and 'significant concerns'

The United Nations grills Australia over its treatment of people in youth and immigration detention, describing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in detention as "horrific".

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Labor provides no answers for Australia’s human rights funding deadlock

With only a few months left to put in place commitments allowing a UN group access to Australian prisons, the budget’s lack of funding has created a major roadblock.

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester borough marred by tragedy as over 100 people die by suicide in last three years

Wigan's suicide rate is higher than the national average

Al Jazeera

UN ends Australia anti-torture mission after inspectors barred

The UN says Australia was in ‘clear breach’ of its obligations under a UN protocol on torture.

ABC News

UN torture prevention body suspends Australia trip citing 'clear breach' of OPCAT obligations

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture said it had no option but to suspend its visit, saying lack of access to detention facilities in NSW was "a clear breach by Australia of its obligations".

Reuters

Australian state premier justifies blocking U.N. team from prisons

The premier of Australia's biggest state justified on Monday blocking a U.N. torture prevention panel from visiting prisons, saying the state maintained high standards at its jails and Australia was a sovereign country.

The Guardian - AU

UN accuses Australia of ‘clear breach’ of human rights obligations as it suspends tour of detention facilities

New South Wales and Queensland have blocked access to some facilities with NSW corrections minister saying people can’t just ‘wander through at their leisure’

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