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“Executive set to appeal slopping out judgment: The Scottish Executive is set to appeal last week?s judgment [. . .] Estimates have suggested the Executive could face a total bill in excess of ?3 million if the ruling is upheld, and ministers have called crisis talks with legal advisers tomorrow to discuss the situation . . .” Sunday Herald
“Prison criris: Executive may face thousands more claims: The crisis over the landmark legal ruling on “slopping out” in Scotland?s jails intensified last night. . .” Scotsman
Posted by MM on Mon 3rd May 2004 at 3:03 pm
“‘Drunken women pushing up crime’: One of Scotland?s leading policemen has expressed alarm at the rising number of crimes committed by drunken women. . .” Times
“‘Ladettes’ on crime spree: Scotland’s most senior police officer has warned that the country is in the grip of a unprecedented crimewave fuelled by violent, binge-drinking women.
John Vine, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (Acpos), has expressed his alarm at the rising number of crimes ? including murders, serious assaults and robberies ? committed by the ?ladette? generation. . .” Sunday Times
“Focus: Women behaving badly. Is the female crime wave the dark side of ?ladette? culture. . .? [. . .] John Vine, the Chief Constable of Tayside police and president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos). He has called for new research into the new wave of female violence, so it can be analysed and countered . . .” Sunday Times
“Moves to crack down on city binge-drinking culture: Happy hours and cut-price drinks promotions could be abolished in Aberdeen under new plans by the city council. Cheap cocktails and “pound-a-pint” offers will be a thing of the past as council leaders work to stamp out the city’s binge-drinking culture [. . .] It came as a study by Grampian Police revealed that the number of serious assaults in the city increased by almost 60% in 2003. . .” Press and Journal
“North-east rise in drink-driving offences: Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drug Action Team was told yesterday that 126 drivers had been reported for drink-driving offences so far this year. Chief Superintendent Ewan Stewart, of Grampian Police, said: “We are discovering there is an increase in drink-driving, not just in Aberdeenshire but across the force area. . .” Press and Journal
Posted by MM on Mon 3rd May 2004 at 2:35 pm