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"My baby is trapped abroad and barred from flying home" Mum's travel rule hell
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (1100+ words) Sarah Rodgers and husband Philipp, from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, were left stranded in Spain with their two children after being told that 11-month-old Lily did not have the right documentation to fly home. A Scots born baby was barred from travelling…...
Asylum seeker shot dead after Glasgow stabbings wanted to leave the UK
18+ hour, 10+ min ago (530+ words) Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh(Image: PA) An asylum seeker who was shot dead by police after stabbing people in a Glasgow hotel wanted to leave the UK because he was "not happy, a hearing has been told. A senior civil…...
Glasgow's bill for Bn Bs triples as council plead for support over refugee crisis
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (726+ words) (Image: Copyright Mark Anderson) Glasgow City Council spent a record sum of almost "70 million last year providing hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation to homeless people, mainly refugees. Shock new figures released under Freedom of Information (FOI) show spending has…...
Plans for Orange Order march in Aberdeenshire town met with over 500 complaints
1+ week, 4+ day ago (340+ words) Residents of Stonehaven have been left furious at the proposed march in June. Over 500 locals have objected to plans for an Orange Order march in a Scottish town this summer. Residents of Stonehaven have been left furious at the proposed…...
Man who set up African tribe in Scots woodland deported
1+ week, 5+ day ago (400+ words) Kofi Offeh, leader of the so-called Kingdom of Kubala, has been deported to Ghana. A self-styled African tribe leader who set up camp in the Scottish Borders has been deported. Ghanaian Kofi Offeh, who claimed to be King Atehene, was…...
"Asylum seekers to be offered "100 a week to leave taxpayer-funded hotels" - A correction
3+ week, 5+ day ago (121+ words) Daily Record "Asylum seekers to be offered "100 a week to leave taxpayer-funded hotels" - A correction A previous article was misleading as it implied that the plan to pay asylum seekers had been adopted as a government policy. An article on…...
Mum 'having panic attacks' after son, 9, told he can't fly home to UK
3+ week, 6+ day ago (859+ words) A schoolboy who was born and raised in Wales had enjoyed his second ever holiday abroad over the Easter holidays when UK border control stopped him from boarding the flight back home. David Toropu, from Cardiff, was told by officials…...
British passport change scheduled Wednesday April 8 'for first time"
4+ week, 1+ day ago (344+ words) The amount a UK passport costs will exceed "100 for first time(Image: Getty ) People in the UK who have a British passport and want to renew it will have to pay more because the Government will change the fees on…...
Crime sure pays for extra time bill as police chiefs shell out "31m a year
4+ week, 1+ day ago (431+ words) Record View says we need a national constabulary that's fit to meet the needs of the public. The SNP made a landmark commitment ahead of the 2007 Holyrood election to hire 1000 more police officers across Scotland. It was at a time…...
Hard-up police officers in "Scotland are resorting to food banks and second jobs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (419+ words) amid the cost-of-living crisis, it is claimed. Police union leaders warn shrinking real-terms pay has resulted in scores of Scots officers having to turn to food banks due to cash shortages, mirroring trends in other parts of the UK. A…...