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
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
SNP in fresh freebies row after minister took taxpayer-funded limo to Scottish Open ‘jolly’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE>>> A SECOND top Nat has been caught up in another freebies row — after he was chauffeured to the Scottish Open in a government limo. Tories blasted Dr Alasdair Allan’s trip to watch home golfing hero Robert MacIntyre’s … Read more
JOHN Swinney today admitted girls are scared of using mixed-sex toilets in schools — because they fear being photographed. The First Minister told MSPs he knew the “intolerable” practice of boys taking snaps under stall doors was taking place. 2 The FM admitted schoolgirls are afraid to use mixed-sex toilets for fear of being photographedCredit: … Read more
SNP ministers ‘quietly ditch’ bus funding promise as investment slashed by 98 per cent …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NATS chiefs have “quietly ditched” a £500million bus funding pledge, cutting it to just £10million. The Bus Partnership Fund — hailed as a “landmark long-term capital investment” — has been axed. 2 The Bus Partnership Fund has … Read more