Police Scotland have had to put off their ‘no beards’ policy after being inundated with complaints. The force wants front line officers and staff to shave off beards so they can wear specially-fitted FFP3 face masks. Assistant Chief Constable Alan Spiers said the safety of officers was a priority and that FFP3 masks – which are […]
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Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, has said that if Labour win the next election they will allow the construction of housing on greenbelt land. Starmer said that councils will be given new powers to facilitate builders in using greenbelt land and that they should “back the builders, not the blockers”. Speaking during
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A poll of more than 1,000 pupils aged 16 to 18 found that one in five have been told that men can get pregnant and a third have been taught that that women can have a penis! Two-thirds were taught that biological sex was “assigned” by medical professionals at birth, which means that it could
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The Law Society of Scotland has said it will do “everything in our power” to ensure that the independence of the profession was not “jeopardised” by measures in the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill. They warn that the new bill could put the “independence of Scotland’s legal profession at real risk”. The bill sets
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ITV bosses are said to be in “crisis talks” after it emerged that Phillip Schofield and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby are embroiled in a long-running feud. It’s been suggested that the two presenters barely speak off-screen these days. After presenting This Morning alone, sources say Holly is looking to branch out on her own and
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Javad Marandi, a top businessman with ties to the Conservative Party, has been implicated in an elaborate money laundering scheme. A National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation found some of Mr Marandi’s overseas interests had played a key role in the illicit scheme involving one of Azerbaijan’s richest oligarchs, Javanshir Feyziyev, who is also a member
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The Turkish Presidency will go to a run off poll to elect a new president on 28th of May. Neither President Erdogan nor the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, managed to secure a majority – with 49.51 per cent and 44.88 per cent of votes respectively. The third candidate, nationalist Sinan Ogan, took just over 5%
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Bruce Adamson, who is about to stand down as Children’s Commissioner after 6 years, has said that Nicola Sturgeon has failed to improve the lives of Scotland’s children in the time he has been in office. Adamson claimed that Sturgeon has let families down on poverty and mental health, among other areas. While Scottish government
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The contempt the Scottish Government has for its own people is always there for all to see. They don’t hide it; they just keep on lowering the bar for people’s expectations. The party that claims to be for the “People of Scotland” certainly seems very keen to make laws and policies to benefit a small
This is story that should surprise absolutely no one, but three teachers and a 14-year-old have been injured at a school in Renfrewshire. The thing that may surprise some is that a 16-year-old female former pupil is the person the police are looking to charge. Forget lunatics running the asylum, we are now dealing with
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