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Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale highlights a recent petrol bomb attack on the gurdwara in Leith.

What can the government do to allay the fears of the Sikh community and crack down on hate crime, she asks?

Ms Sturgeon says the government will do everything it can to ensure everyone feels safe and secure in Scotland.

She says the Sikh community have been asked about their concerns, and also points to the review of hate crime laws that is currently being considered.

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SNP MSP John Mason raises the issue of the incident at St Alphonsus' Church during an Orange march in the summer, when Canon Tom White said he was verbally abused and spat on.

Mr Mason calls for a restriction on the numbers and routes of future Orange marches.

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In August we reported that the Orange Order cancelled a planned walk after it was banned from passing the Catholic church where the priest was allegedly attacked.

Glasgow City Council told the organisation it would have to re-route the march away from the Trongate church.

Mr Harvie argues councils are facing a choice between cutting services or increasing charges.

He says children are missing out on services such as swimming and music lessons.

He says hiking fees and charges is the least progressive way to pay for local servcies.

The first minister replies the Scottish government's settlement for local government delivered a real terms increase, while under pressure from cuts from the UK government.

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Scottish Green co-convener Patrick Harvie says teaching unions are "deeply disappointed" about the lack of a plan to tackle the teacher shortage or mention of a fair pay deal in Ms Sturgeon's recent programme for government.

He also highlights concerns about satisfaction around local services.

What needs to change to ensure the services in local communities are protected and delivered to the high standard the people of Scotland deserve, Mr Harvie asks?

The first minister says teacher pay negotiations are under way today and she hopes they will be resolved in the near future.

Satisifaction for local health services and local schools are high, she argues.

The Scottish government delivered a real terms increase to resources for local authorities in the last budget and is investing in the attainment gap, she adds.

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Labour MSP Pauline McNeill calls on the first minister to release funds to those affected by the Glasgow School of Art fire.

Ms McNeill says the Centre for Contemporary Arts has remained closed since the fire on 15 June and has yet to receive any money.

The first minister replies that it was right to set up a fund to help businesses hit by the fire and adds the government will try to be flexible.

She pledges to look into the issue of the Centre for Contemporary Arts.

Kweku Adoboli, a former trader convicted of fraud in 2012, is facing deportation to Ghana, after being detained by police in Scotland.

He served four years of a seven-year sentence for a £1.4bn fraud at Swiss bank UBS. He was released in 2015.

Foreign nationals sentenced to more than four years are automatically considered for deportation.

But in an interview with the BBC last week, Adoboli accused the UK authorities of racism.

Adoboli is Ghanaian, but has lived in the UK since the age of 12.

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Green MSP Andy Witghtman raises the case of Ghanian national Kweku Abodoli, who is currently being held at Dungavel.

The first minister says it is right that criminality should be a factor in any decision on deportation, but should take individual circumstance into account.

SNP MSP Willie Coffey highlights the announcement by TMD Friction about 86 jobs being lost as the operation moves to England.

The first minister says this is a blow to the local area and confirms Scottish Enterprise is already engaging with the company.

We are investing £48m in developing the manufacturing institute which will help secure Scotland's place as a global leader, she adds.

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Labour MSP Neil Findlay raises story in the Scotsman and Evening News about the death of Eileen Baxter,

He says that listed as one of the underlying causes in her death is the mesh implant she had.

Mr Findlay calls for the first minister to ensure not another "grotesque" mesh implant is carried out in Scotland.

Ms Sturgeon offers her sincere condolences to the family of Mrs Baxter and she says the use of mesh remains suspended in Scotland in most cases, with only 33 operations carried out in the last year.

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The first minister explains Yammer was suspended in June and says the right actions have been taken.

Ms Stugeon says the right balance must be struck on this.

Richard Leonard replies that the deputy first minister knew about the pornographic image on Yammer in April, but waited to suspend the app until June.

He calls for an "urgent investigation into the government's handling of this".

There is an investigation already under way by Education Scotland, retorts Ms Sturgeon.

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"A social networking tool made available to every schoolchild in Scotland has been infiltrated by graphic content, drug pushers and individuals identifying themselves as paedophiles.

"An investigation by The Courier has revealed shocking oversights in the rollout of Yammer — a Microsoft application available as part of Glow, Education Scotland’s national “digital learning platform”.

"The tool allows every school pupil and teacher in Scotland — and by extension anyone with access to their home computer and password — to connect with one another.

"Within minutes of accessing the application, The Courier was able to uncover conversation threads where drugs and alcohol were being offered to young children, along with addresses for where these could be purchased."

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says it was revealed during the recess that the chief executive of Education Scotland emailed the deputy first minister, John Swinney, about a pornographic image on Yammer that was viewed 100 times, including by schoolchildren.

The DFM was told by civil servants that it was inevitable that young people would be exposed to images of that nature on the messaging system, which is used by some schools.

Ms Sturgeon says the image was removed and Yammer remains offline for pupils.

Mr Leonard points out the image was only taken down after parents complained, and says Mr Swinney failed to act for six weeks.