Tag: freedom

Violence may not lead to independence, research reveals

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - July 14, 2015

COUNTRIES that have a past of peaceful struggles are more likely to gain independence, new research has revealed. A study carried out at the University...

Number of ‘forced adoptions’ rocket as more children taken into care

Deadline News Journalist - September 12, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE NUMBER of parents having their children taken off them and put up for adoption has rocketed in the last three years. The...

Victory for freedom of information

Deadline News Journalist - July 18, 2010

By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH ministers have backed down in their bid to stop the country’s information commissioner from accessing their files. Lawyers for the government were...

Lockerbie bomber won’t let public see his health records

Deadline News Journalist - March 28, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE LOCKERBIE bomber has banned his health reports from becoming public. After being released with just three months to live last August, Abdelbaset...

Scottish Parliament staff “alarmed by pensioner’s letters”

Deadline News Journalist - October 8, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A PENSIONER is to face trial for allegedly sending letters “of a menacing character” to the Scottish Parliament. John Campbell, 70, is said...

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...