‘Jack the Ripper’ card sells for £22,000 at auction
The ink-written card arrived at Ealing Police Station on October 29, 1888. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195498.___Jack_the_Ripper____card_sells_for___22_000_at_auction/?ref=rss
Corbyn heaps pressure on May about her time at Home Office
Theresa May faced questions over her immigration policies as new Home Secretary Sajid Javid promised to “do right” by the Windrush generation. ....
Video: which ministers have left the Cabinet during Theresa May’s tenure?
Amber Rudd is the latest in a string of Conservative MPs to leave Theresa May’s Cabinet since the snap General Election last year....
Mother-to-be sacked because she was pregnant
A shop worker has been awarded more than £12,000 by an employment tribunal after being sacked because she was pregnant. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195471.Mother_to_be_sacked_because_she_was_pregnant/?ref=rss
Minimum pricing: shopkeepers to scrap strong ciders ‘since no-one will buy them’
Shopkeepers have said Scotland’s new minimum pricing law could result in the cheapest strong white ciders being removed from shelves since “no-one will...
New measures considered to help jurors follows trials
FLOWCHARTS, simpler language and advance notice of the legal issues involved could soon be used to help jurors in Scottish criminal trials. ....
More than £1m in funding for artists and companies in latest Creative Scotland spending round
MORE than £1m in arts funding, including cash for writers, artists, musicians and festivals, has been announced by the nation’s main cultural funding...
Demand to lift jail threat hanging over rape survivors
MSPs will today urge Scotland’s prosecution service to change a controversial policy which could see rape victims jailed for refusing to testify about...
Fresh light cast on the brave Scots who survived the bloody Battle of Dunbar
THEY survived defeat at the hands of Cromwell’s New Model Army and a forced march south to a brutal confinement which cost the...
Ken Smith’s Diary: Blanket excuse; Ruddy hell; Amber gambler
Blanket excuse . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16195466.Ken_Smith__39_s_Diary__Blanket_excuse__Ruddy_hell__Amber_gambler/?ref=rss
