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Scottish Government spend £23 million on temp staff

Deadline News Journalist - May 18, 2009

EXCLUSIVE By Cara Sulieman THE SCOTTISH Government has spent more £23 MILLION on temporary staff in the last four years. And for the first three months of...

Research into police trauma

Deadline News Journalist - May 15, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE RESEARCH into how Scots police officers cope with the pressures of the job is to be carried out in a unique project. Boffins...

Queen Victoria’s brooch to go under the hammer

Deadline News Journalist - May 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A PIN commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her gillie John Brown will go under the hammer later this year. It is...

New furniture for Holyrood causes ruckus

Deadline News Journalist - May 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman THE Scottish Parliament was at the centre of a new expenses row yesterday after spending £50,000 on kitting out the Holyrood building...

Bandit blackbirds stealing from parked cars

Deadline News Journalist - May 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A MOTHER and son have had a shock after they found bandit blackbirds stealing the rubber from their windscreen wipers. Christopher Dodds, 20,...