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MacAskill insists stop and search here to stay »

The SNP minister faces a pat down for the cameras at Glasgow Aiport last week

Controversial stop and search procedures will continue to be carried out at Scottish airports – despite accusations they promote racial profiling. Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill met with police and security staff at Glasgow Airport last week ...

Fri 17 Feb 2012 by Rachael Fulton | Read more »

NUS anti-hate crime vigil draws high-profile support »

NUS held a candlelit vigil against hate crime outside City Chambers in Edinburgh last week

Government ministers, senior police officers and activists last week added their voices to a national campaign against hate crime, at a candlelight vigil in Edinburgh marking the third International Day Against Hate Crime.  The NUS Scotland-organ...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

One in 20 teenagers are gang members »

"support your local youth street gang"

A report by the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow has found that one in 20 teenagers in Edinburgh claim to be a member of a gang. As part of a study called Troublesome Youth Groups, Gangs and Knife Carrying in Scotland, more than 4,000 secondary s...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Alexandra Thompson | Read more »

MSPs meet US officials over al-Megrahi »

US Consulate, Edinburgh

US officials were in Edinburgh earlier this month to interview MSPs over the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi. Representatives from the Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations including its chair, US Senator Robert Menendez, trav...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Human trafficking chair eager to talk to victims »

Sauna

The chair of a recently-launched human trafficking inquiry has told The Journal that she wants to “speak to the victims directly”. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is to lead the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) inquiry into the root and conseq...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Police crack down on alcohol sales to under 18s »

Off Licence

The number of licensed premises charged by police with selling alcohol to under-18s in Edinburgh doubled last year as officers cracked down on illegal sales. A total of 38 offences were recorded in the capital between April 2008 and March last year, c...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Tobin conviction prompts call for change in law on previous convictions »

Kenny Macaskill

The Scottish Law Commission (SLC) is set to call for major changes to the way criminal cases are heard by allowing juries access to previous convictions of defendants. The move follows the conviction of serial killer Peter Tobin at Chelmsford Crown Co...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

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