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Posted by MM on Thu 30th Jun 2005 at 7:36 am“Youth project faces financial meltdown after funds are cut” Evening Times
See also
Castlemilk Youth Complex - Save it campaign
Update
“‘Major changes’ to ID card scheme following rebellion” Evening News
“Call for changes to national ID cards plan” Evening Times
“Why we are right to be wary of those ID cards” Scotsman Opinion
“Labour’s Campaign group makes ID card peace offering” Guardian
Following posted on 29.6.05
“Blair faces backbench revolt over ID card plan” Evening Times
“Clarke wins ID cards vote with cost pledge” Herald
“The implications of fingerprinting everyone” Herald
“Plans to make all passport applicants face interviews” Evening News
“Blair victory on ID cards but rebellion cuts Labour majority” Scotsman
“Embattled Clarke’s vow to cap cost wins vote on ID cards” Times
“‘Plastic poll tax’ scheme may haunt the party” Times
“Rebels halve Blair’s majority in vote on ID cards” Independent
“Labour majority halved despite Clarke pledge to cap ID card cost” Guardian
“Clarke on defensive as MPs criticise ID cards as illiberal and ineffective” Guardian
“PM listens to ID rebels” Telegraph
“Tories would repeal ‘illiberal’ ID cards law, says Davis” Independent
See also
Hansard 28.6.5: Identity Cards Bill Second Reading debate
“The Drug Busters” Daily Record 29.6.05
“Drugs police ask for guns to fight gang violence” Herald
“Tackling drug barons” Herald
“Agency announces annual successes” BBC
“Intelligence boosts Scotland’s drugs war” Evening News
“Give us guns to tackle drug lords says officer” Evening Express
“Drug-fighting squads want to carry guns” Evening Times
“Drug crimebusters need guns” Times
“SDEA announce major successes” Grampian TV
“Call for anti-drugs agency to be armed” Scottish TV
Press release
“SDEA announces significant increase in drug and asset seizures” SDEA
See also
SDEA Annual Report 2004-5
“Jail improves suicide safeguards” BBC
“Prison has cut risk of suicides” Evening Times
There does not appear to be a link to this report on-line at the time of posting.
Posted by MM on Thu 30th Jun 2005 at 6:52 amUpdate
“I won’t get a licence to sell knives - I’ll move shop to England” Evening Times
“Blades and batons ban” Daily Record
“Restriction on sale of knives” Courier
“Licence scheme unveiled in drive to cut knife crime” Evening News
“New laws unveiled in crackdown on blades” Evening Times
“Executive steps up battle to beat blades” Scotsman
“Can this really cut knife crime?” Scotsman
“Plans to clampdown on knife sales” Grampian TV
“Knife clampdown proposals announced ” Scottish TV
Following posted on 28.6.05
“Banned knives set to be outlawed” Daily Record 28.6.05
“Knives crackdown may sever ties with history” Herald
“New proposals in knife crackdown” BBC
“Tackling Scotland’s weapons culture” Scottish TV
Press release
“Further measures to tackle weapons culture” Scot. Exec.
See also
Tackling Knife Crime ? A Consultation.
Update
“We’re prepared for Genoa[. . .] violence, admits G8 police chief ” Scotsman
“Officers optimistic about policing G8” Grampian TV
“Senior police officer concedes G8 protests will bring disorder and disruption” Scottish TV
Following posted on 28.6.5
“10,000 officers to police G8 summit” Courier
“Police chief scotches G8 security men reports” Evening Telegraph
“Police G8 control centre set up” BBC
Following posted on 27.6.05
“G8 fears as shortage of cells revealed” Sunday Herald
“Police arrest 74 during Orange rally” Scotland on Sunday
“85 are arrested during Orange parade” Evening Times
“Police vow over marching season” BBC 29.5.05
Posted by MM on Tue 28th Jun 2005 at 8:50 amUpdate
“Scottish politicians attack ID cards” Holyrood.com
“Premier’s vow on ID cards” Daily Record 28.6.05
“Government faces revolt on ‘plastic poll tax for the poor’” Evening News
“Blair defensive over cost of ID cards” Herald
“Mr Blair faces an ID crisis” Herald
“Watchdog’s blow to ID cards ahead of key vote” Scotsman
“Cost concerns put public off ID cards, Blair admits” Times
“Winning the vote but not the argument” Times
“Blair defends ID cards after plan is dismissed as ‘dog’s dinner’” Independent
“Critics lay into Blair on ID cards” Guardian
“ID cards ‘will reveal details of daily life’ ” Guardian
“If he resists the siren voice of folly, Blair’s legacy is secure: ID cards might yet prove to be the prime minister’s greatest undoing ” Guardian
“Surveillance creep” Guardian
“ID card plans back in the Commons” BBC
“Millions to undergo UK passport interviews” Financial Times
“Blair plays down fears over ID card costs” Financial Times
Following posted on 27.6.05
“ID cards ‘will be Blair’s poll tax’” Herald
“Doubts over ID cards as cost soars to £18bn” Scotsman
“Front-runner IT bidder for ID cards at heart of tax credit fiasco” Scotsman
“Full-scale battle on the ID cards” Scotsman Editorial
“Rebel MPs to get price promise for poor on ID cards” Times
“Ethnic minorities ‘will be targeted by ID cards’” Independent
“Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash” Independent
“Big brother is coming...” Independent
“Q&A;: Why does Mr Blair want me to have a card, and what will it cost?” Independent
“Ministers reject ID card claims” Guardian
“Truth about ID cards” Guardian. Letter from Home Secretary.
“Tax credits fiasco firm ‘set to win’ ID contract” Scotland on Sunday
“Costs may force ID cards to be cheap ‘chip and pin’” Times
“ID cards set for Commons grilling” BBC
“Rising cost of ID card plan fuels unease of rebel MPs” Financial Times
“Clarke keen to speed up ID card plan” Financial Times
“Rebellion against ID Cards Bill poses crucial first test for Blair” Independent 24.6.05
“MPs won’t dare rebel against ID cards Bill” Times 23.6.05
Press release
“ID Cards - UK’s high tech scheme is high risk” LSE
See also
The Identity Project: an assessment of the UK Identity Cards Bill and its implications. (June 2005)
Executive Summary
Information Commissioner. No link to paper at time of posting.
Posted by MM on Tue 28th Jun 2005 at 7:13 am“Crime on increase but police praised” Evening Telegraph
“Police admit race-hate crime on the rise” Press and Journal
“Tayside Police Chief Defends Report” Grampian TV
Press release
“Joint Board Welcomes Annual Performance Report ” Tayside Police
See also
Tayside Police Annual Report 2004-5