Deena Tissera
Aberdeen City Council votes for 'buffer zones' at abortion clinics to prevent protests
Campaigners have been asking for legislation to be implemented across Scotland to protects women's access to abortion services....
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 29, 2023
- 3 min
Scot documenting protests in Sri Lanka has passport seized by authorities
Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been posting on social media about the ongoing demonstrations in the country. A Scottish woman...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
Aberdeen health and social care board
could be asked to pay back over £9 million of unspent Covid funding The Scottish Government is asking public bodies across Scotland to...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
Call for embattled Aberdeen paper mill to be nationalised amid job fears
More than 300 employees have already been made redundant at the mill after it entered administration for the second time last week while...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 25, 2023
- 2 min
Deena Tissera: £500,000 in city council cash reserves must be used to help starving people in crisis
Aberdeen is facing a public health emergency over food poverty. I know… I’ve seen it for myself. Street Friends volunteers support the...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
‘Maybe it’s because the Lord Provost is a man…’ Councillor
Dismayed as plea for urgent talks on Aberdeen abortion buffer zone is rejected Aberdeen’s Lord Provost has come under fire for refusing...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 22, 2023
- 2 min
SNP accused of 'political point scoring' while the people of Aberdeen suffer
Labour councillor Deena Tissera blasted the Lib Dem/SNP administration at Aberdeen City Council for rejecting her urgent motion to give a...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 22, 2023
- 7 min
Becoming an Aberdeen City Councillor after starting my career in politics at RGU
RGU alumna Deena Tissera became the first female councillor of ethnic minority at the Aberdeen City Council after the local elections in...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
‘Privatisation’ fears over Aberdeen City Council service overhaul branded ‘nonsense’
Serious concerns have been raised over claims Aberdeen City Council could be lining up private firms to run public services. Aberdeen...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 22, 2023
- 1 min
‘Never in a million years’ did international student Deena Tissera think she could win election
And it has been hailed as a huge gain for diversity and representation in the Granite City. Fellow Aberdeen Labour member, Tauqeer Malik,...
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Deena Tissera
- Jan 20, 2023
- 4 min
Not pale, male or stale: Sri Lankan public health expert and former beauty queen Deena Tissera wants
From working in war zones to competing in beauty pageants, Deena Tissera is already unlike most established politicians in Scotland. But...
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Deena Tissera
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Aberdeen councillor 'honoured' to be shortlisted for top award at national ceres
Councillor Deena Tissera has shared how "earnestly grateful" she is for being shortlisted to be crowned The Politician of the Year at an...
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Deena Tissera
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
'I'm really excited to take things forward' - Aberdeen City Council's first elected woman of colour
A fierce campaigner and barrier-breaker, Deena Tissera hopes to make a splash in the Town House by deploying her unique experiences and...
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Deena Tissera
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Aberdeen City Council’s first elected woman of colour shares joy at ‘shattering the glass ceiling’
A Sri Lankan-born immigrant who became the first woman of colour to be elected to Aberdeen City Council has said there’s more to her than...
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