Scotland

Scots prisons face rising threat from increased overcrowding, violence and drone-delivered drugs

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Scots prisons face rising threat from increased overcrowding, violence and drone-delivered drugs

Scots prisons face rising threat from increased overcrowding, violence and drone-delivered drugs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> JAILS are under threat from rising overcrowding, cases of violence, and drones flying in drugs, politicians have been warned. Growing issues that the country’s prison estate is facing have been highlighted at Holyrood. 3 SPS boss Theresa Medhursthas has … Read more

Teenager, 16, dies after being hit by taxi in tragic crash

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Teenager, 16, dies after being hit by taxi in tragic crash

Teenager, 16, dies after being hit by taxi in tragic crash …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A TEENAGE boy has died after he was knocked down by a taxi in a Scots town. The lad, 16, was struck by the vehicle on Main Street in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to hospital … Read more

Exact date & location of Alex Salmond’s memorial service revealed after ex-FM’s shock death

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Exact date & location of Alex Salmond's memorial service revealed after ex-FM's shock death

Exact date & location of Alex Salmond’s memorial service revealed after ex-FM’s shock death …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A MEMORIAL service for the late former First Minister Alex Salmond is to be held on St Andrew’s Day, it has been confirmed. Invitations to the service, which will take place at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, … Read more

Cops race to large disturbance on Glasgow street as probe launched

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Cops race to large disturbance on Glasgow street as probe launched

Cops race to large disturbance on Glasgow street as probe launched …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> POLICE raced to a large disturbance on a Glasgow street. Officers were called to the scene on Crownpoint Road in the east end of the city this afternoon. 2 The road has been sealed off By the time they arrived, … Read more

Edinburgh Uni issues warning telling students to not act like snobs

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Edinburgh Uni issues warning telling students to not act like snobs

Edinburgh Uni issues warning telling students to not act like snobs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> EDINBURGH Uni has issued a warning to students because they are acting too snobby. The leading school has been gripped by claims working class Scottish students are being made unwelcome by their English peers. 3 The brutal guidance was sent … Read more

Pub with popular beer garden hits the market in Scots seaside town – The Scottish Sun

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Pub with popular beer garden hits the market in Scots seaside town – The Scottish Sun

Pub with popular beer garden hits the market in Scots seaside town – The Scottish Sun …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A TRADITIONAL pub and restaurant in a seaside Scots town featuring a “very popular” beer garden has hit the market. The sales brokers say the listing provides a “great opportunity” for a potential buyer to … Read more

Stuart Hogg’s ‘secret girlfriend’ claims she had cries for help ‘dismissed’ after approaching Exeter Chiefs

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Stuart Hogg's 'secret girlfriend' claims she had cries for help 'dismissed' after approaching Exeter Chiefs

Stuart Hogg’s ‘secret girlfriend’ claims she had cries for help ‘dismissed’ after approaching Exeter Chiefs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> STUART Hogg’s ex-lover claims her cries for help were dismissed after she approached Exeter Chiefs bosses at a “low point”. The former Scotland captain, 32, was convicted on Monday after admitting a five-year campaign of domestic … Read more

Dame Ann Gloag facing fresh probe into human trafficking allegations just a month after case dropped

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Dame Ann Gloag facing fresh probe into human trafficking allegations just a month after case dropped

Dame Ann Gloag facing fresh probe into human trafficking allegations just a month after case dropped …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DAME Ann Gloag is facing a fresh probe into human trafficking allegations — a month after prosecutors dropped the case. Complainers who sparked the investigation into Scotland’s richest woman and three relatives have lodged a … Read more

Taxpayers forking out £10,000 a year to charge cars of MSPs and staff at Scottish Parliament

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Taxpayers forking out £10,000 a year to charge cars of MSPs and staff at Scottish Parliament

Taxpayers forking out £10,000 a year to charge cars of MSPs and staff at Scottish Parliament …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> TAXPAYERS are forking out about £10,000 a year for “free” electric car charging at Holyrood. MSPs and other pass-holders don’t pay to boost their vehicles at the parliament’s underground parking area. 2 Tory MSP Edward … Read more

The army became my family after brain injury – Remembrance Sunday means the world

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The army became my family after brain injury - Remembrance Sunday means the world

The army became my family after brain injury – Remembrance Sunday means the world …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A DECORATED officer proudly says Remembrance Day proves that the military is the world’s biggest support network. Lieutenant Colonel Lee Curson joined the army 20 years ago and quickly learned why comrades consider themselves one big family. … Read more