Tasers “more humane’ than beating people, police tell Yousaf
TASERS would be more humane than the standard police batons used to “bludgeon people into submission”, officers have told the Justice Secretary. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16970377.tasers-more-humane-than-beating-people-police-tell-humza-yousaf/
New laundering warnings on Scottish shell firms
ONE of Europe’s leading money- laundering experts has warned there may still be major scandals to come with Scotland’s limited partnerships or SLPs...
Scots councils invest £20m to modernise library service
OVER £20 million has been invested by local authorities in public libraries in the last 18 months, new figures show. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16969100.scots-councils-invest-20m-to-modernise-library-service/
Neil Mackay: Let us stand together against the scourge of toxic masculinity
THERE is something very sick with my sex – something very wrong with men. When you think of a violent sexual offender, a...
Why pensions, not poisonings, define Vladimir Putin’s Russia
IT is the issue that gives us real insight in to the rule of Vladimir Putin. And it has nothing to do with...
Five-fold spike in workers taking employers to tribunal
The number of workers in Scotland taking employers to task over unfair pay and conditions has seen a five-fold increase after the UK...
Sturgeon’s message of hope bids to heal rift on Indyref2
NICOLA Sturgeon will today insist an independent Scotland offers an oasis of optimism in the face of Brexit chaos as she tries to...
Margaret Taylor: Ditching the RBS name would be a kick in the teeth for all of us
TEN years on from the near-collapse that wiped out loyal employees’ shareholdings, paralysed the business ecosystem that had built up around it, and...
Sturgeon: single market status for N Ireland would economically be ‘big worry’ for Scotland
NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested a special deal for Northern Ireland that effectively kept it in the European single market would be a “big...
Trump effect means name change at holiday park
HIS name, for many in the United States and beyond, has long been mud. Now Donald Trump’s toxic political brand is proving contagious...
