Sheku Bayoh

Chief Constable Iain Livingstone made the comments at a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority

Chief Constable states Police Scotland is 'institutionally racist'

Sheku Bayoh

Struggle against restraints may have played role in Bayoh’s death, inquiry hears

Entanglement is more than blood, 2022, by Alberta Whittle PIC: National Galleries of Scotland

Art review: Alberta Whittle, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

Sheku Bayoh

Sheku Bayoh inquiry: Police told partner ‘a black male has been found dead’

The sister of Sheku Bayoh, Kadi Johnston (centre) and Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar (centre right) during a anti-racism and anti-fascist march in Glasgow. The inquiry into the death of a man who was restrained by police will hear from his family for the first time as hearings resume on Tuesday.

Family of Sheku Bayoh to give evidence at inquiry into his death for first time

Lawyers involved in the Sheku Bayoh inquiry have been reprimanded for inappropriate use of mobile phones in the hearing room.

Lawyers at Sheku Bayoh inquiry told off for ‘watching football on phone’

Sisters of Sheku Bayoh, Kadi Johnson (left) and Kosna Bayoh (right) outside Capital House in Edinburgh, ahead of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Sister tells vigil of racist abuse as Sheku Bayoh death inquiry resumes

Crime writer Ian Rankin has just released his new John Rebus novel. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ian Rankin reflects on slowing down as a writer and struggling for ideas

Sheku Bayoh.

Nurse ‘scared’ by Sheku Bayoh fought to save his life in hospital, probe hears

Sheku Bayoh. The family of a man who died in police custody have said he is "Scotland's George Floyd" as the inquiry into his death gets underway on Tuesday. Bayoh died in May 2015 after he was restrained by officers responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Sheku Bayoh lawyer slams police for 'dishonesty, racism and incompetence'

Alberta Whittle PIC: Matthew A Williams

Venice Biennale: Alberta Whittle on her work confronting racism

Lament for Sheku Bayoh

EIF theatre review: Lament for Sheku Bayoh

Playwright and poet Hannah Lavery

Hannah Lavery: 'My way in is to ask, who is at the edges, in the silence?'

Enoch Adeyemi, Founder and CEO, Black Professionals Scotland

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Garry Robson appears in Tiny Tim by Robert Softley Gale as part of the Lyceum Christmas Tales. Picture: Aly Wight

Royal Lyceum Theatre cancels plans to bring audiences back for Christmas shows

Hannah Lavery

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Images Jamal Yussuff-Adelakun created with his daughter, Lola, form part of the Black Lives Matter Mural Trail

Art reviews: Black Lives Matter Mural Trail | Susan Macintosh

Demonstrators at the Black Lives Matter event in Edinburgh. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Thousands of Scots join anti-racism protests

A sign alternatively naming Wilson Street 'Rosa Parks Street' and Glassford Street 'Fred Hampton Street' in Glasgow. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Black Lives Matter: Anti-racism campaigners rename streets across Glasgow

Sheku Bayoh died in 2015 aged 32 while in police custody.

Sister of man who died in custody in Fife calls for virtual Floyd protests

Sheku Bayoh died in police custody

Sheku Bayoh death inquiry to investigate whether race was a factor

Lawyer says race was ‘elephant in the room’ throughout Sheku Bayoh case

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