NATS chiefs today banned WhatsApp on government phones after Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, and other senior SNP figures sparked fury after deleting messages from during the pandemic. Deputy first minister Kate Forbes told MSPs ministers and civil servants would not be allowed to use the app by… SNP bans WhatsApp in ‘admission mass deletion of … Read more
JOHN Swinney demanded Old Firm chiefs clamp down on hooligan fans after masked yobs ran riot before the Premier Sports Cup Final — while a cop chief blamed the SNP Government. David Kennedy, of the Scottish Police Federation, said ministers need to “wake up and realise they need to invest in… John Swinney and cops … Read more
PRISON chiefs broke “torture” rules by forcing lags to sleep on cell floors, inspectors have found. High security inmates got mattresses to kip on in already full lock-up rooms in an “inhuman or degrading” move. 2 Scots Tory Liam Kerr said staff are being put at a serious risk due to lack… Scots prisons broke … Read more
NICOLA Sturgeon has revealed she’s still in the dark about the long-running police probe into the SNP’s finances, insisting she is “getting on with my life as best I can”. The former first minister claimed she knows “nothing more” of the investigation – codenamed Operation Branchform… Nicola Sturgeon grilled over SNP cash probe 18 months … Read more
SCHOOL attendance is in the spotlight due to alarming absence rates. But while it’s easy for ministers and council officials to tut-tut about this trend, they need to take a good look at themselves for fuelling an explosion in pupils bunking off. 7 An alarming number of Scotland’s schoolkids are… Scottish schools absence rates are … Read more