Hard left and right candidates rival centrist Macron as first round approaches

THERE IS THOUGHT to be the slimmest of margins in support between four radically ideologically different candidates heading into the first round of the French elections on Sunday 23 April.

For several months Emmanuel Macron, a centrist pro-EU former Economy minister was ahead of Marine Le Pen of the far-right Front national.

Controversial speaker and writer faces backlash by Glasgow students and feminist activists after being nominated for university’s rectorship

“AN EMBARRASSMENT”, is how feminists and academics have described the nomination of Milo Yiannopoulos for the position of rector of the University of Glasgow (UoG).

The prominent “alt-right” speaker, who targets women, Muslims, immigrants and members of the LGBT+ community in his speeches is one of 12 names put forward by students to represent them on the university’s governing body.

Alleged terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, supports far-right movements 

THE MAN CHARGED WITH MASSACRING six people and five further counts of attempted murder at a Quebec mosque in Canada is a supporter of far-right movements and the politics of new US President Donald Trump, according to classmates and activists who knew him.

Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, is charged with the shooting that occurred on Sunday 29 January - in a terrorist attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City.

Trade union and student anti-racist leaders warn of "hate" message