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

<p>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.</p> <p>We also take stock of Liz Truss’s terrible week which saw the Bank intervene and the pound sink.</p> <p>Labour have rocketed up in the polls, as we discuss implications for Scotland.</p> <p>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.</p>