Tag: glasgow council

Schoolkids “could get night classes” after funding slashed

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - March 4, 2016

SCOTTISH pupils may have to attend evening classes if they want to study their favourite subjects. Ian Robertson - Glasgow’s assistant director of education -...

Glasgow Council “training staff to snoop on neighbours’ bins”

Scottish News

Peter Laing - November 4, 2015

A SCOTS council is training workers to watch neighbours' bins for signs of terrorism. A staff training course - designed to help employees recognise terrorist...

Pest control experts battle plague of mice and rats

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 27, 2012

PEST control experts are battling a plague of mice and rats in Scotland. New figures reveal that councils in Scotland’s four biggest cities receive an...

Scots councils employ hundreds of “James Bond” spies

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 24, 2012

SCOTTISH councils are employing hundreds of “James Bond” style professional snoops to spy on benefit cheats and nuisance neighbours. More than 800 specialist intelligence officers...

£20m bill for social worker taxis

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 29, 2012

HARD-UP Scottish social workers spent £20million on taxi fares over the last three years. Official figures, released under Freedom of Information, show a large percentage...

Scots councils spend £1 million per year on bottled water

Deadline News Journalist - July 23, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S local authorities are pouring £1 million a year down the drain buying in bottled water rather than using supplies from taps. Council...