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West Lothian RAAC campaigners continue their fight for compensation
5+ hour ago (311+ words) Campaigners for a fair deal for homeowners affected by crumbling concrete in their homes have vowed to continue their fight for compensation. The newly elected SNP government will find itself facing new demands for meetings with the UK RAAC campaign....
Mum-of-three given 14 days to leave UK begs: 'Don't tear my family apart"
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (674+ words) The family have lived in Britain since 2022 but must leave after changes to the visa rules. A mum has begged the Home Office not to tear her family apart after she and her three children were given just a fortnight…...
Baby trapped abroad amid new travel rules allowed to fly home to Scotland
3+ week, 5+ day ago (853+ words) A Scots baby who was barred from travelling back to the UK from a holiday in Spain because of new travel rules is finally home. Sarah Rodgers, 30, and her husband Philipp, 34, from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, were left stranded in Europe after…...
Scotland's crumbling cop shops rack up "231m repair bill
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (724+ words) Only five police stations in Scotland are currently rated as being in a good condition according to a shock new report. The survey also found that five times as many police offices - 27 - were in a poor state meaning the buildings…...
FM must ensure we don't endure another summer of pointless knife-related deaths
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (401+ words) Kory Mc Crimmon was just 16 when he was stabbed to death in a dispute over "50 by a younger teenager in Glasgow's east end. The tragedy was followed by a series of horrific knife incidents involving young men in Scotland over…...
"My baby is trapped abroad and barred from flying home" Mum's travel rule hell
1+ mon, 5+ day 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
1+ mon, 6+ day 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
1+ mon, 1+ week 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+ mon, 2+ week 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+ mon, 2+ week 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…...