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MI5 and police to get faster alerts on suspicious buys under terrorism plan
MI5 and police will be alerted to suspicious purchases more quickly under the Government’s new blueprint for tackling terror. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16266952.MI5_and_police_to_get_faster_alerts_on_suspicious_buys_under_terrorism_plan/
DUP leader to tell Orange Order parade: ‘UK will endure’
NORTHERN Irish DUP leader Arlene Foster will insist a UK that values its people “will endure” when she leads a major Orange Order parade...
Catalan chief vows to keep pushing for independence
THE Catalan president has vowed that he will continue to push for independence after the end of a seven-month takeover by Spanish authorities...
Police chief: We need technology to hack smartphones because we don’t have enough officers
The police chief overseeing the rollout of groundbreaking technology that grants frontline officers the ability to hack into smartphones and download their entire...
Campaigners demand state inquiry into Scotland’s sex for rent scandal
MINISTERS are under pressure to order an official state inquiry into Scotland’s “sex for rent scandal" amid claims thousands of women are being...
Home Office forcing people into homelessness, say refugee charities
THE Home Office is responsible for “state-sponsored homelessness” by releasing people straight from Dungavel immigration removal centre on to the streets, according to...
The quiet Scot who turned into one of the war’s great escapers
IN late December 1941 Lt Alastair Cram slipped un-noticed out of the Castelvetrano PoW camp in Sicily. His audacious plan was to head...
All Under One Banner: 10,000 people march in Dumfries in support of Scottish independence
TEN thousand people took part in the latest All Under One Banner march in support of Scottish independence yesterday. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16266069.All_Under_One_Banner__10_000_people_march_in_Dumfries_in_support_of_Scottish_independence/
Grenfell Tower cladding ‘created multiple catastrophic fire-spread routes’
Grenfell Tower was wrapped in a cladding system that did not comply with building regulations and was incorrectly installed, creating “multiple catastrophic fire-spread...
Glasgow undeterred as Home Office blocks ‘fix room’ plan
PLANS for a ‘fix room’ where addicts in Glasgow would be able to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision are to be thwarted...
