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Jan 19, 2025 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Jackie Grant |David Kennedy
A top cop has demanded powers to stop and search football ultras. David Kennedy, chair of the Scottish Police Federation, said it is the only way to make sure that hooligans are not carrying weapons. The call comes a week after a disabled Rangers fan was left with horrific injuries after he was brutally attacked with a hammer by rival supporters. Kennedy said: "It is really concerning a person set out that day with a hammer in their pocket knowing what they are going to do.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
1919magazine.co.uk | David Kennedy
By David Kennedy Scottish Police Federation general secretaryAs we reflect on the past 12 months, it is impossible to ignore the extraordinary pressures that continue to weigh heavily on policing in Scotland. This past year has laid bare a series of systemic challenges that not only hinder the ability of Police Scotland to serve our communities effectively, but also threaten the wellbeing of the men and women who wear the uniform.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
polandweekly.com | David Kennedy |Central Europe
Now leading a broad coalition, how has Tusk’s government tackled Poland’s economic challenges over the past year? Donald Tusk’s second turn at governing Poland with a broad coalition government has not been plain sailing, and the public gave it a mark of “could do better” in a recent opinion poll carried out by the government’s public opinion monitor, CBOŚ.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
geneticliteracyproject.org | David Kennedy
Polish farmers will be able to continue using animal fodder containing imported genetically modified soya or other GMO crops for five more years. President Andrzej Duda on Friday signed off on legislation [that] will postpone a ban on modified fodder that has been planned since 2006. The legislation comes as Poland aligns itself with more lax EU legislation.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Rory Cassidy |David Kennedy
Police Scotland is to introduce a survey so criminals can rate their stay after spending the night in the cells. Details of the "custody user experience survey" were recently shared with officers, prompting a backlash from cops and politicians. A post on the Police Scotland intranet, shared with the Daily Record, said: "There is soon to be a custody user experience survey sent out by text message to persons who have been within the custody environment.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | David Jensen |Phillip Bryson |David Kennedy |David Peter
KeywordsMarshall Plan, post-war chaos and poverty, German reconstruction, ERPCollegeFamily, Home, and Social SciencesAbstractThe European Recovery Program, commonly known as the Marshall Plan, is generally hailed as the greatest success in the history of U.S. foreign aid. From 1948 through 1951, the Marshall Plan supplied $13.3 billion dollars of aid to Western Europe. Over the duration of the Marshall Plan, the economies of Western Europe made significant recovery from post-war chaos and poverty.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
holyrood.com | David Kennedy
What would your organisation like to see next from devolution?
The creation of Police Scotland in 2013 was controversial then and still is now. It is no exaggeration to say that we are on our knees, policing with one hand tied behind our backs and struggling to meet the demands placed on us. Regardless of structure we need to focus on strategy, what should the police be doing? Is its core aims and values the right ones? Is it properly financed and resourced? Is it politically independent?
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
toffeeweb.com | David Kennedy
Everton History David Kennedy 10/01/2024 Albert ‘Alf’1 Denaro is not one of Everton Football Club’s better known historical figures. However, this trade union leader played an important role in the inter-war period helping to found and become Chairman of the Everton Shareholders Association.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
independent.ie | David Kennedy
Michael Fassbender seeks Mondello challenge in glorious mastersActor Michael Fassbender (centre) with Tommy Byrne (left) and David Kennedy in Mondello. Picture by David LairdThe actor Michael Fassbender, who gave a stellar performance as Bobby Sands in the film Hunger has a huge thirst for motorsport. The son of an Irish mother from Larne, Antrim and a German father, his parents moved to Killarney when he was a toddler and worked in the hotel business in Tralee.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
csmonitor.com | David Kennedy
With the frequent reports of random violence and sudden disasters, many people are understandably wondering how they can feel sure of their safety. That question might also have been in people’s minds in ancient times, when they told Christ Jesus about the Galileans who were murdered by Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea, while they were offering religious sacrifices in the temple.
