Tag: Cuts

March and rally against proposed education cuts

Christine Lavelle - October 13, 2010

By Amanda MacMillan TEACHERS, lecturers, students and parents will to the streets to march against proposed education cuts later this month. A march and rally organised...

Budget cuts mean firefighters are offered voluntary redundancy

Christine Lavelle - October 5, 2010

By Christine Lavelle FIREFIGHTERS in the Lothian and Borders service are being given the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy or early retirement, as part...

City of Edinburgh Council reveal cash saving jobs cull plan

Shaun Milne - August 18, 2010

By Shaun Milne COUNCIL chiefs in Edinburgh have drawn up plans to axe at least 300 jobs as part of a £16m cost-saving plan. City of...

Call for radical merger of Scotland's fire services

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - August 10, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond SCOTLAND’S newest fire chief claims a merger of the country’s fire and rescue services is “inevitable”. Jimmy Campbell, who took up his post...

Care nurse jailed for attack on Alzheimer’s patient

Deadline News Journalist - January 28, 2010

By Michael MacLeod A CARE home assistant has been jailed for dragging an 86-year-old woman along the floor and dislocating her shoulder. Zimbabwean national Carla...