Week 39: Time to send back the money? North-east ‘slave’ fund interview special

Historian David Alston explains why he thinks a £1.8m fund built off the backs of the historic slave trade should be returned. The so-called Dick Bequest, which helps teachers in the north-east, “belongs in Jamaica”, he tells Calum Ross in our featured interview.

We also take stock of Liz Truss’s terrible week which saw the Bank intervene and the pound sink.

Labour have rocketed up in the polls, as we discuss implications for Scotland.

And we look at the important stories of the week across the regions, including major job losses in Aberdeen and concerns about council funds in Tayside.