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Scotland Herald: Police to get new weapon in fight against knife crime
Tripoli :: Libya | about 1 month ago
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Every police force in Scotland is to be issued with new metal detectors to help tackle knife crime. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced yesterday that 16 new scanners will be issued: Strathclyde Police will be given seven, Lothian and Borders...
Tags: Scotland Herald
SNP conference eyes UK election
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility The SNP will say it has shown in government that it "has what it takes" to help Scotland through the recession. But it still lacks enough MSP support for its 2010 independence referendum. The party has argued that, amid predicted tight parliamentary numbers...
Tags: Glasgow North East, SNP, Labour Government, Scotland Herald, Alex Salmond, David Kerr
We're living longer – but poorest still die too early
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 months ago
Credibility Male Scots born between 2006 and 2008 are expected to live to 75, while baby girls' life expectancy is 79.9 years. That is higher than it was ten years ago, when life expectancy rates for males were 72.4 years and 78.1 for females. Registrar General for...
Tags: life expected, Scotland Herald, Belgium, Brussels
Scotland Herald: East Renfrewshire backs down in legal row over 12-year-old’s place at flagship secondary
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Scotland’s top-performing education authority was last night preparing to back down in a legal row over entry to one of its flagship schools. A spokesman for East Renfrewshire Council said its lawyers had offered a place at St Ninian’s High School, in...
Tags: Scotland Jim Murphy, Scotland Herald, United Kingdom, Glasgow
Scotsman: SNP to 'abandon' key pledge on class sizes
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility THE Scottish Government will today effectively abandon its election pledge for maximum class sizes of 18 when it announces a new legal limit of 25. In a keynote speech, education secretary Fiona Hyslop will say that a new statutory maximum of 25 pupils...
Tags: class sizes, Scotland Herald, Lyman
Loovens comes to rescue for Mowbray
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 months ago
Credibility Celtic manager Tony Mowbray experienced a sense of deja vu as his side struggled to their late win over Hearts at Parkhead which took them above Old Firm rivals Rangers at the top of the SPL. The Hoops had slipped up at home last week when they could...
Tags: Celtic Park, Scotland Herald, Hearts, Scott Brown, George Burley, Tony Mowbray, Mark Venus, UK & Ireland, Gary Caldwell, Chris Killen, Japan, Tōkyō
Rain sends rivers over banks in Scotland
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of people were forced from their homes Friday in Scotland and roads were closed as rain-gorged rivers topped their banks. Police asked residents of the northeast, the hardest hit area, to stay off the roads, The Scotsman reported.
Tags: Scotland Herald
Fears over 'confusing' drink laws
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility Thousands of premises selling alcohol could be operating illegally as an overhaul of the licensing system comes into force, it has been claimed. The 2005 Licensing Scotland Act, which comes into effect on Tuesday, requires that businesses and some staff...
Tags: Scotland Herald, SNP
Rise in women seeking screening after Jade Goody's death
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility THE death of reality TV star Jade Goody has led to large rise in the number of Scottish women being screened for cervical cancer, figures showed yesterday. In 2008-9 more than 450,500 cervical smears were carried out â a 20 per cent increase on the...
Tags: Scotland Herald
Unfancied Burnley claim another scalp
Burnley :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility Burnley’s fairytale start to life in the Premier League continued on Sunday as Wade Elliott’s goal earned a 1-0 victory over Everton. Owen Coyle’s team marked their first home match in the English top-flight for 33 years by beating reigning champions...
Tags: George Burley, Scotland Herald, world cup, Burnley, cup qualifying
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