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Ongoing police cuts ‘unsustainable’ as officers shunted into back office roles
ONGOING cuts to the police service in Scotland are “unsustainable” and have led to officers being taken out of communities and shunted into...
Tom Gordon: Will the SNP’s Growth Commission be worth the wait?
REJOICE! A blessed event is at hand. No, not some royal wedding. After 20 months in gestation, the SNP’s Growth Commission is finally...
‘I’m a refugee in my own country’
A BACKPACKER who spent seven weeks in Europe says he has been made a “refugee in his own country” by the Department for...
Eight weddings that reveal how the royals have – and haven’t – changed
IF a bride is a sign of her times, is a royal bride even more so? The wedding today of Prince Harry and...
Schools being turned into exam factories, claims teachers leader
Schools are being turned into “exam factories” with pupils under ever increasing stress, a teachers’ leader has warned. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16236601.Schools_being_turned_into_exam_factories__claims_teachers_leader/
NHS Scotland spends £4m sending X-rays as far as India amid radiology crisis
NHS Scotland is spending nearly £4 million sending X-rays, CT and MRI scans to radiologists as far afield as India and Australia amid...
Alison Rowat: Come on Scotland, why no royal street party?
WHEN Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975 the signal for US personnel to evacuate was the playing on US armed forces...
Kevin McKenna: Nicola Sturgeon must call a second referendum on independence now
THOSE who migrated to Yes before the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence had all encountered their personal tipping points. For many the process...
Tax break will hand boost to 12,000 first-time buyers
THOUSANDS of first-time buyers will be handed a tax break from the end of next month, it has been confirmed. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16236523.Tax_break_will_hand_boost_to_12_000_first-time_buyers/
Collaboration the only response to Ebola outbreak and wider crises facing DR Congo
I’m no stranger to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over the years I’ve made numerous visits to this vast and tantalising country...
