Scotland

Grooming cases at record high amid online safety laws delay

Thousands of online grooming crimes have been recorded while waiting for updated online safety laws. Campaigners are urging tech companies and MPs to back the Online Safety Bill and are calling for no more hold-ups. The bill aims to crack down on illegal content and has faced repeated delays and amendments. Children’s charity the NPSCC […]

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Scotland to face more difficulty in accessing healthcare

BMA Scotland GP chair Dr Andrew Buist warned the country is facing a “bleak situation” and called for “urgent action” from the nationalist government. He predicted Scotland could “become seriously under-doctored”, resulting in patients struggling “even more than they are right now to get appointments”. The medic insisted: “The Scottish Government must take this situation seriously and

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“Crooked” immigration lawyers

The Home Office has officially launched a new task force; the task force will be responsible for collecting evidence to build more robust cases against ‘crooked’ immigration lawyers. The GOV.UK website states, ‘ We are stepping up action to support regulatory action and prosecution of unscrupulous lawyers, with a new dedicated taskforce and tougher sentences.’

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Police officers

Pro-trans demonstrator gets off with punching woman

Police Scotland is at the centre of a human rights storm after a woman was assaulted during a women’s rights event in Aberdeen. Julie Marshall said she was punched in the arm and head at a rally organised by Women Won’t Wheesht. The man responsible received a recorded police warning, sparking anger from campaigners about the leniency

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