Tag: David McLetchie

30 “Lifers” get early release from prison each year

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - May 13, 2012

UP TO 30 Scots prisoners receiving “life” sentences are being released early from jail every year. Some criminals are leaving their life behind bars as...

Scots police are delaying child safety checks

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 25, 2012

SCOTS police take twice as long to check out child care workers as forces south of the border. Scottish officers take three weeks to carry out...

Post mortem into children's deaths sparks warrant

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - August 6, 2010

By Michael MacLeod DETECTIVES were tonight poised to make an arrest over the deaths of three children at a flat in Edinburgh following the results...

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...

Tram bosses’ £1 million bonus

Deadline News Journalist - April 27, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE CONTROVERSIAL tram bosses have come under fire after paying themselves almost £1 million in bonuses – before a length of track has...

New Edinburgh Festival programme causes storm

Deadline News Journalist - March 26, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie EDINBURGH International Festival organisers have come under fire after unveiling their new programme – which features neds urinating and vomiting on the...

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