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Category: investigations
OLD MAN RIVER BY OTTO EASTBROOK
The stolen gate on the towpath along the Leven behind the golf course. By Bill Heaney We have our own Old Man River, the River
FOX HUNTERS REPORTED TO THE POLICE
Hunting foxes with dogs was banned in Scotland in 2002. One of the sport’s leading opponents was John McFall, then MP for West Dunbartonshire and now Lord Alcluith, a member of the House of Lords. Since then, there has been one successful prosecution of mounted huntsmen for illegal hunting
STRUGGLING TO COPE AS A&E TARGETS MISSED AGAIN
Latest figures show that the SNP’s flagship waiting times target for A&E has been missed again by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
NO LOVE, NO COMPASSION, NO DIGNITY, NO COMFORT
It found that children at Smyllum Park orphanage were sexually abused and beaten with leather straps, hairbrushes and crucifixes and that the homes were places of fear, threat, and excessive discipline. Lady Smith said the children found “no love, no compassion, no dignity and no comfort”.
HIGHLY PAID DIRECTORS SINK CASH IN TAX HAVENS
“Locum fees are sucking the blood out of the NHS and we see it in the reduction to our maternity care locally due to the changes that have been made and a huge increase in travel for patients and families to go to Raigmore hospital in Inverness over 100 miles away,” he said.