Tag: safety

Rookie racer Christie backs web safety drive for L-plate teens

News

Deadline Staff - June 30, 2015

Scottish racing rookie Christie Doran is backing an innovative online campaign to steer L-plate drivers out of trouble. The 20-year-old rising track star is an ambassador...

Road deaths increase for the first time in nearly a decade

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - May 17, 2015

DEATHS on Scotland’s roads have increased for the first time in nearly a decade, “worrying” new figures reveal. Research shows that the number of people...

Scots cops branded “nannies” over plodding Christmas safety advice

In Brief

Peter Laing - December 19, 2014

SCOTS police have been branded a “nanny advice” service after tweeting “banal” Christmas safety tips. Officers in Ayrshire have been using their Twitter account to...

Truck boss commits suicide

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 20, 2014

A HAULAGE chief from a small Scottish island gassed himself after a safety crackdown on illegal overloading threatened his livelihood. Friends say tragic Raymond Tibbs,...

Lawbreakers: “There’s no hiding place for you in Edinburgh”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 12, 2011

By Naomi Mills ALMOST 40 people have been arrested in an Edinburgh police operation targeting the city’s housebreakers. Operation Accessible, which has carried out 37 arrests,...