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4 days ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Mary Wright |Jennifer Hyland
Claims lawyer John Dillon has said officers failing to seize owned XL bullies that kill or maim could leave the force liable for substantial damages. Scots cops are at risk of having to pay hefty compensation over failing to enforce the ban on XL Bully dogs, it is claimed. Claims lawyer John Dillon said officers failing to seize XL bullies that kill or maim could leave the force liable for substantial damages.
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1 month ago | 
scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | Mary Wright |David Walker
Police Scotland has been accused of failing to enforce a safety buffer zone between a women’s free speech rally and a hostile mob of masked trans protesters. Women’s rights supporters attending campaigner Kellie Jay Keen’s Let Women Speak (LWS) rally outside Marischal College in Aberdeen on Saturday said they were forced to face off a large crowd of trans activists.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
theedinburghreporter.co.uk | Mary Wright
Data published by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) shows 53 prisoners died up to December 18 — an increase of 13 on last year’s total of 40 jail deaths. It takes the overall number of deaths in Scotland’s overcrowded prisons to 422 since 2013. Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr MSP said the “shocking figures” exposed the SNP’s failure to “get a grip on Scotland’s ever-growing prison crisis”.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Mary Wright
Almost 7000 assaults were carried out on Scots police officers last year – nearly 20 per day on average – with hundreds needing hospital treatment for serious injuries. Police Scotland recorded 6702 assaults on officers and staff in 2023-24, with 1675 (25 per cent) suffering injuries and 212 needing hospital treatment.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Mary Wright |Jennifer Hyland
Prison chiefs have been rapped by Scotland’s spending tsar after staff racked up £7.5million in overtime payments. Auditor General Stephen Boyle described the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) system not fit for purpose after the ex-gratia bill spiralled by £1.2million from £6.3million the previous year, with 2263 employees submitting 21,310 individual claims and receiving an average payout of £3321.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Mary Wright |Lizzie Roberts
A row has broken out over public funding of almost £2 million for LGBT Youth Scotland, a teenage gay and transgender charity. The group’s accounts filed at Companies House show that in the 12 months to March 31 it drew in £1.8 million in funding and donations from the SNP government, local authorities and NHS health boards as well as trusts and foundations.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Mary Wright
Two primary school pupils were among dozens of people referred to a government terror-threat monitoring programme in Scotland over a 12-month period. The ‘deeply alarming’ figures show 87 referrals were made to the Prevent ‘de-radicalisation’ scheme in 2022-23. They involved 85 people, as two individuals were referred twice. Those referred included two primary school children, 21 pupils from secondary schools and six from higher education.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Mary Wright |Jennifer Hyland
A woman who helped create Scotland’s rape crisis movement is urging 16 other centres to follow Glasgow’s lead by restoring single sex services for traumatised female assault victims. Rosemary Whyte, who co-founded the country’s first centre in Glasgow in 1978, hailed the “brave and principled” decision by Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis (GCRC) to return to single sex support.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | Mary Wright |George Mair |Douglas Dickie
More than a million Scots will miss out on the potentially life-saving flub vaccine this winter after SNP Ministers raised the age of eligibility from 50 to 65. Over-50s have previously been eligible for a free flu jab. But ahead of the winter flu season, only those aged 65 and over are being offered the vaccination despite last winter being one of the most challenging on record for the NHS - but the likes of prisoners and asylum seekers will continue to get one.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Hauschild |Mary Wright
JK Rowling has revealed she was one of almost 3,000 census respondents who identified their religion as “believer in biology” in protest against the SNP’s self-ID policy. National Records of Scotland said 2,883 people recorded “believer in biology” or similar in answer to question 21 of the 2022 census amid controversy over Scottish government plans to introduce controversial gender reforms.
