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Boom! The sound of Edinburgh’s housing crisis
THE Edinburgh property market is currently booming. It saw higher levels of growth than any other UK city last year. Currently, according to...
Scottish Labour probe aspiring Westminster candidate criticised in sexual harassment tribunal case
SCOTTISH Labour has launched a probe into a would-be Westminster candidate who was branded “untruthful” and “evasive” in a sexual harassment case. ....
Call to allow MSPs annual access visits to Dungavel detention centre
THE UK Government is facing a call to allow MSPs to make annual visits to the controversial Dungavel immigration centre. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16310484.Call_to_allow_MSPs_annual_access_visits_to_Dungavel_detention_centre/
Council workers blast degrading pay offer
COUNCIL bosses on six figure salaries are to pocket £1,000 more than cleaners, carers and refuse workers, a new report says. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16310483.Council_workers_blast_degrading_pay_offer/
Glasgow Caley University Court chair: direction of London campus has to be “reset”
GLASGOW Caledonian University is facing questions about the finances of its London campus after a senior figure at the body said the direction...
Senior Dublin politicians say hard right fake news tactics may be used to target Ireland after Brexit
FAKE news tactics could be used to target Irish voters in next year’s European elections, a senior Dublin politician has warned. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16310487.Senior_Dublin_politicians_say_hard_right_fake_news_tactics_may_be_used_to_target_Ireland_after_Brexit/
Ron McKay’s dirty diary: Cannabis, council estates and big-time crime – you’d be a dope to ignore this
THE SILENCE OF THE DRUG CZAR . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16310489.Ron_McKay__39_s_dirty_diary__Cannabis__council_estates_and_big-time_crime_____you__39_d_be_a_dope_to_ignore_this/
Citizens Advice Scotland comment: Decision-makers should experience the reality of debt before making financial policy
Earlier this month Andy Haldane, chief economist of the Bank of England, gave a talk at TedX in Glasgow entitled “Putting the public...
Former UK minister says Tory Brexit plans are a “land grab of epic proportions”
FORMER UK Labour cabinet minister Andrew Adonis says that the Tory government’s Brexit bill is a “land grab of epic proportions” from Scotland....
Row over proposal by councillors to install CCTV in classrooms
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out at proposals debated by one of the country’s largest local authorities to install CCTV in classrooms. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16310495.Row_over_proposal_by_councillors_to_install_CCTV_in_classrooms/
