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Fire chiefs urge public not to delay 999 calls

FIREFIGHTERS have urged the public not to delay dialling 999 if they hear a smoke alarm going off. The warning comes after a number of...

Five staff suspended in care home abuse probe

FIVE members of staff have been suspended from a care home for dementia sufferers as police investigate allegations thatresidents have been subjected to abuse. The...

Calls for transparency over £250,000 police handouts to informants

CRIMINAL informants are being paid at least  £250,000 a year by Scotland’s police forces, new figures reveal. In the past two years alone, Strathclyde police...

Police willing to investigate psychic claims

THE two largest police forces in Scotland have admitted they are willing to investigate claims made by psychics. Strathclyde and Lothian and Borders Police have...

Pensioner found dead in home could have lain there for five weeks

By Kevin Duguid A PENSIONER may have lain dead in her sheltered housing complex for up to five weeks, it was revealed today (Tue). The body...

How the Plod pranging panda cars costs us £1.3m a year

SCOTTISH police pranged five panda cars a day on average last year, running up a repair bill of almost £1.3m. And one in ten of...

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