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Scottish Police Federation chairman David Threadgold warns that cutbacks are ¿creating a perfect storm in terms of officer recruitment, retention, and job satisfaction¿ within Police Scotland

Despair of Police Scotland's cops laid bare in their scathing exit interviews as force faces a 'perfect storm' of recruitment

Officers leaving Police Scotland cited a lack of support from bosses, welfare…
Robert Barr, from Biggar, Lanarkshire, is fighting extradition to the US where he faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted over alleged fraud

Crypto scammer wanted over fraud allegations in America wants jail time in Scotland's 'much nicer' prison system

Robert Barr facing extradition to America after FBI named him as a…
Author JK Rowling is a high-profile critic of the hate crime law, claiming it harms free speech

SCOTLAND'S police force has been bombarded with 10,000 hate crime complaints since law came into force

Scotland’s under-pressure police force has been bombarded with an astonishing 10,000 hate…

Scotland's leader resigns as he struggles to win support for weakened government

Scotland‘s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday rather than face a…
Forgotten: Bill Knox was a prolific author

Scotland's secret king of crime

He was the avuncular man in sensible specs who, at his peak,…
The April Fool Is Anyone in Scotland Who Believed in Freedom of Speech

Highland Fling: Scotland's Execrable First Racist Tosses Green Party From Power Deal in Last-Ditch Switch

The despicable First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, whom I have covered…
Nationalist MSPs (clockwise from top left) Fergus Ewing, Kate Forbes, Christine Graham, Michelle Thomson, Ivan McKee and Annabelle Ewing all chose to side with opposition parties yesterday by abstaining

Not proven: Rebellion over SNP plans to scrap Scotland's third verdict, reduce size of juries and change rape trials

By Jessica North For The Scottish Daily Mail Published: 18:12 EDT, 23…
Harry Potter author JK Rowling (pictured) has hit out at the First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, after he confirmed that trans women will be protected by a new misogyny law

JK Rowling blasts Scotland's new misogyny law after Humza Yousaf says it will protect trans women too

By John Paul Breslin Published: 19:22 EDT, 16 April 2024 | Updated:…
Could Al Murray's Pub Landlord be arrested over Scotland's new hate crime law? Stand-up says legislation puts comedians at risk of being punished for tongue-in-cheek gags

Could Al Murray's Pub Landlord be arrested over Scotland's new hate crime law? Stand-up says legislation puts comedians at risk of being punished for tongue-in-cheek gags

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, passed in 2021, followed…
Susan Smith, a mother of three with a career in finance, tells me how trans activists would report them to the police for non-specific crimes whenever they set up a street stall. Marion Calder (left) and Susan Smith stand outside Scottish Parliament

ROBERT HARDMAN: Two weeks in and Scotland's already riven by mutiny and chaos over the most absurd law since Henry II's beard tax

There was no shortage of people wanting to join this party. In…