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Chief Constable plan faces defeat as councillors revolt

Politics

Shaun Milne - November 15, 2010

A POLICE plan to save cash by pensioning off more than 300 senior officers has been thrown into disarray following an unprecedented revolt by...

Drop in criminal kids in the capital

Deadline News Journalist - December 24, 2009

By Cara Sulieman CHILDREN as young as six have been arrested in the capital in the last year – but police insist they are winning...

School health fears as teachers left to clean up in staff crisis

Shaun Milne - October 13, 2009

By Shaun Milne UNDER pressure teachers claim they are doubling up as cleaners because of a massive shortage of Mrs Mops in schools. City of Edinburgh...

School to give kids ‘get out of class free’ cards

Deadline News Journalist - September 2, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A SCOTS school is handing problem pupils 'get out of class free' cards so they can leave lessons if they think they...

Council goes up for library ‘Oscar’

Deadline News Journalist - July 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A SCOTTISH council is being applauded for their scheme to encourage troubled kids to start reading. Edinburgh City Council are one of the...

City schools set for the scrapheap

Deadline News Journalist - June 9, 2009

By Michael MacLeod FOUR Scots primary schools are set to shut amid falling pupil numbers. In a cost-cutting drive, Edinburgh’s education bosses want to close...