Isabel Hunter

3 days ago | news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew |Isabel Hunter

Many shops and businesses across Scotland are now using new CCTV technology to try to catch and deter thieves in real time It comes as new statistics show a 16% rise in shoplifting across Scotland Police Scotland is also considering using a system that uses facial recognition to spot criminals But campaigners believe it could worsen racial profiling and raises huge ‘big brother’ privacy concerns Civil liberties groups say facial recognition poses a threat to civil liberties and risks creating...

3 weeks ago | news.stv.tv | Matthew Fulton |Tara Fitzpatrick |Isabel Hunter

Needle bins have been installed near the UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow after residents claimed the site had turned into a “dumping ground”. Residents of the city’s East End say their streets have been littered with waste in the months since the consumption room opened. People living in the Calton area gathered last month to discuss the impact on their streets in the five months since the Thistle Centre opened its doors.

1 month ago | news.stv.tv | Tara Fitzpatrick |Isabel Hunter

Residents of Glasgow’s east end say their streets have become a “dumping ground” in the months since the UK’s first drug consumption room opened. People living in the Calton area gathered to discuss the impact on their streets in the five months since the Thistle Centre opened its doors. They said there has been a stark rise in evidence of drug dealing, the discarding of drug paraphernalia and dangerous anti-social behaviour since January.

2 months ago | news.stv.tv | Isabel Hunter |Ewan Petrie

Solicitors WW&J McClure went bust in 2021 with around 20,000 Trusts on its books Thousands of clients believe they were mis-sold legal products intended to make inheritance easier A former employee says there wasn’t the right training in place Families face paying thousands of pounds in legal fees to resolve the issue The firm’s former managing director denies any wrongdoing Thousands of people are suffering trying to untangle their finances after the demise of a Glasgow law firm.

2 months ago | news.stv.tv | Isabel Hunter |Ewan Petrie

Solicitors WW&J McClure went bust in 2021 with around 20,000 Trusts on its books Thousands of clients believe they were mis-sold legal products intended to make inheritance easier A former employee says there wasn’t the right training in place Families face paying thousands of pounds in legal fees to resolve the issue The firm’s former managing director denies any wrongdoing A former consultant who worked for scandal-hit solicitors WW&J McClure has spoken publicly for the first time and has...