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“Travellers’ gathering seen as a success” Press and Journal
Following posted on 22.7.10
“Travelling towards a better understanding of gypsies” Evening News
Following posted on 9.7.10
“Group urges councils to give travellers more support” Press and Journal
“A town under siege” Scottish Review
“Travellers make their move” Press and Journal
“MSP to urge police to act over travellers” Press and Journal
See also
Amnesty International (Scotland) Scottish Gypsy Travellers
Posted by MM on Fri 23rd Jul 2010 at 8:11 am“Crime does pay … for rehabilitation” Scotsman
“Youth project to benefit from cash seized from Russian money launderer” STV
Press release
“Funding for youth groups” Scot.Gov.
Posted by MM on Fri 16th Jul 2010 at 8:39 amUpdate
“Edinburgh teens targeted in new anti–knife crime campaign” STV
“Teenagers the focus of Edinburgh’s ‘No Knives’ campaign” BBC
Following posted on 6.7.10
“Campaign aiming to sever youth links with knife crime” Evening News
“Anti–knife scheme for kids moves to Glasgow” Evening Times
“Hero squaddie knifed at 5am” Scottish Sun
“Knife carrying down 23%” Herald
“Money well spent to fight knife culture” Herald
Following posted on 19.1.10
“Knife crime campaign has impact as number of Scots found carrying blades falls” Daily Record
“Anti–knives campaign is stepped up” Evening Times
“Fewer blades found after knife crime crackdown” Scotsman
Following posted on 4.3.09
“£500k to warn kids of blade risk” Evening Times
“No knives is the key to better lives, youngsters told” Press and Journal
“New initiative to tackle knife crime amongst youth” Holyrood.com
Press release
“Knife crime initiative rolled out” Scot.Gov. (July 2010)
“Latest knives initiative” Scot.Gov. (January 2010)
“Tackling knife crime” Scot.Gov. (March 2009)
See also
Scottish Government (November 2009) No Knives Better Lives: Case Study Inverclyde
No Knives Better Lives campaign
Update
“28–day detention must not be renewed” Guardian
“Bravo, Theresa May and the new spirit of freedom” Guardian
Following posted on 14.7.10
“Government to review counter–terror laws” Independent
“Fury at new terror laws chief” Scottish Sun
“Tories warn ministers: Don’t go soft on terrorism” Express
“Counter–terrorism powers to face government review” BBC
Press release
“Rapid review of counter–terrorism powers” Home Office
Posted by MM on Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 8:10 amUpdate
“Anti–terror stop and search powers to be scrapped” Guardian
“Anti–terrorism stop and search powers dropped” Telegraph
“Rules on stop and search changed” BBC
Following posted on 11.6.10
“Police abused power to stop and search” Herald
“Illegal stop and searches could mean compensation for thousands” Guardian
“Stop and search policy will be robustly reviewed” Guardian
“Claims ahead over terror search errors” Independent
“Thousands of anti–terror searches were illegal” BBC
Following posted on 13.1.10
“European court condemns police misuse of stop and search” Guardian
“Welcome judgement on stop and search” Guardian
“Tories will change law to cut use of stop–and–search” Independent
“Searching questions about a bad law” Scotsman
“Alan Johnson to fight Euro ruling on terror searches” Scotsman
“Euro court outlaws our stop and search powers” Express
“Stop–and–search powers ruled illegal by European court” BBC
Press release
“Changes to police search powers” Home Office (July 2010)
“Liberty welcomes demise of section 44 stop and search after long fight through Courts” Liberty (July 2010)
“Liberty wins landmark stop and search case in Court of Human Rights” Liberty (January 2010)
See also
ECHR 12.1.10: Gillan and Quinton V the United Kingdom
Research tip: for other relevant posts try entering ‘terror’ in the search box.
“Pioneering scheme to train NHS staff to spot victims of domestic abuse” Herald
“Health staff to be trained to spot domestic abuse” Press and Journal
“Health staff given help in spotting domestic abuse” STV
“NHS staff trained to spot victims of domestic abuse” BBC
Press release
“NHS spotlight on domestic abuse” Scot.Gov.
Posted by MM on Mon 5th Jul 2010 at 9:21 amUpdate
“Public asked to help bring down crime gangs” STV
“Organised crime task force reveals successes” STV
“Drugs worth £16m seized in Scotland in past year” BBC
“Crackdown on organised crime” Courier
“Legal chiefs claw back £5.5m in ill–gotten gains from Scotland’s gangsters” Daily Record
“‘Grass a gangster’ to help smash crime” Evening Telegraph
“Dirty money: Proceeds of Crime seizures” BBC
“Public urged to inform on ‘lavish’ criminal lifestyles” BBC
Following posted on 3.11.09
“Cops net £8m and dozens of guns in crackdown on Scots organised crime” Daily Record
“8–week war on gangs nets £8m drugs haul” Evening Times
“Blitz on organised crime is hailed big success” Herald
“Cops’ gun blitz haul” Scottish Sun
Following posted on 1.9.09
“Violent gangsters targeted in bid to ‘disrupt and deter’ organised crime” Herald
“Police aim to stamp out criminal gangs” Press and Journal
Press release
“Taking on the gangsters” Scot.Gov.
See also
Letting Our Communities Flourish – One Year On: A Strategy for Tackling Serious Organised Crime in Scotland (June 2010)
Tackling Serious Organised Crime in Scotland (Scottish Government website page)
“Identity cards scheme will be axed ‘within 100 days’” BBC
“ID cards scheme to be scrapped within 100 days” Guardian
“ID cards to be scrapped within 100 days” Telegraph
Press release
“Identity cards and National Identity Register to be scrapped” Home Office
See also
Identity and Passport Service – identity cards
http://www.no2id.net/
Update
“Children’s DNA bank under fire” Herald
Following posted on 28.4.10
“MSPs reject holding DNA from innocent people for six years” Scotsman
“MSPs reject six–year DNA retention change” BBC
“Anger at plan to keep child crime DNA” Scotland on Sunday 4.4.10
Following posted on 28.9.09
“Government seeks to close DNA ‘loophole’” Scotsman
“Call to retain more DNA samples” BBC
“Bid to close DNA “loophole"” Law Society Journal Online
See also
Justice Committee Official Report 27.4.10: Section 58 Retention of samples etc
Update
“Watchdog told to rethink sex crime decision” Herald
“Information Commissioner told to reconsider sex offender decision” Law Society Journal Online
“Still fighting for answers” Herald
“Ruling awaited on housing of paedophiles” Herald
Following posted on 13.4.09
“Fear over selective ‘dumping’ of sex offenders” Herald
“‘Poorer areas are dumping ground for sex offenders’” Herald
“‘What’s needed is a policy underpinned by support’” Herald
“Housing sex offenders” Herald
“Court bid to reveal number of perverts” Evening Times
“Scots housing associations launch legal fight for sex offender information after police refuse to reveal data” Daily Record
“Housing associations launch legal bid over sex offender numbers” Press and Journal
“Legal bid to know sex offender numbers” Scotsman
“22 sex offenders are living within one mile of the Moira Jones murder scene” Sunday Herald
“Housing associations appeal over sex offender data” Law Society Journal Online
“Three housing associations request information on local sex offenders” STV
“Housing associations appeal over sex offender data” Law Society Journal Online
See also
Also
CjScotland 11.3.09. Councillor’s campaign for Peterhead sex offender resettlement data