SHORT jail sentences in Scotland could be scrapped completely following a report into criminal justice.
© Originally Published in The Evening Times, July 1st 2008FUNDING for Scotland's only specialist domestic abuse court is to be doubled to £1.2m, allowing 500 more cases to be handled this way and improving the handling of other cases in mainstream courts.
© Originally Published in The Herald, June 24th 2008THE country's Chief Medical Officer yesterday claimed that Scotland now had the best approach to tackling health inequality in the world.
© Originally Published in The Herald, June 20th 2008COMMUNITY policing can be seen as putting bobbies back on the beat, or as a softly softly approach which deals more with public nuisance than crime.
© Originally published in The Herald, June 13th 2008GLASGOW'S business community will be given a say in shaping the city's economic strategies and policies if a new vehicle is given the go-ahead.
© Originally Published in The Herald, June 10th 2008A DRAFT masterplan for a "global energy technology corridor" stretching from Bridge of Don in Aberdeen to Peterhead will be unveiled this week at an economic summit.
© Originally Published in The Sunday Herald, June 1st 2008FORGET Harvard and Yale: Scotland's top universities outstrip the Ivy League at making money out of their research.
© Originally Published in The Sunday Herald, May 11th 2008FOR years Glasgow authorities have lobbied for government jobs in the city's east end. Now they plan to move their first major municipal HQ to the area.
© Originally published in The Herald, April 7 2008FOR many social workers, the headlines have a wearily familiar ring: Baby illegally snatched by social workers, Care war tot seized and When social workers become baby snatchers.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 12 2008TRAINEE dentists at Aberdeen's new dental school will not have to pay fees, the Scottish government has announced.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 26 2008TEENAGERS have always been attracted by the sea, and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries boys as young as 11 and 12 regularly took to the ocean waves. Even as late as the Second World War it was common for young men to lie about their age and join the Merchant Navy, and many lost their lives in the perilous convoys across the Atlantic.
© Originally published in The Herald, March 18 2008THE conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have given the armed forces a conspicuous profile in recent years, and pause for thought for anyone thinking about joining the army, navy or air force.
© Originally published in The Herald, 22 April 2008JACK Perry, the chairman of Scottish Enterprise, has hailed its restructuring as "a model for the reform of the public sector" as the streamlined economic development body publishes a three-year business plan today.
© Originally published in The Herald, April 28 2008WHEN Ross Morgan left the University of Paisley with a degree in commercial music tucked under his arm, the idea that he might end up teaching simply never occurred to him.
© Originally published in The Herald, March 21 2008Doctors' surgeries are being promised an extra £19,000 each by the Scottish Government if they back a deal to stay open for around three more hours a week.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 20 2008New council houses are to be built in north-east Scotland for the first time in a decade.
© Originally Published in The Herald, February 20 2008A Scottish university is to become the first in the UK to open a campus in Singapore as part of wider efforts to capitalise on the lucrative market for overseas students.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 20 2008For more than 20 years, Donald Macdonald had been "mostly content" to pursue a career in newspaper sales. Now 46, the father of three children had climbed the promotion ladder since leaving university. So he was as surprised as anyone to find his interest awakened by a radio advert for teacher-training courses.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 13 2008Firefighters who are disabled in the line of duty will have their pension rights protected under plans outlined yesterday by the Scottish Government.
© Originally published in The Herald, February 11 2008THE SNP has bowed to pressure to honour its pledge on extra police officers.
© Originally Published by the Evening Times, February 01 2008Fewer civil service jobs will be moved out of the capital after the Scottish Government announced it was ditching the previous administration's relocation policy.
© Originally published in The Herald, January 20 2008The future opportunities of many young people in care are jeopardised because they leave sheltered accommodation with a criminal record, according to the director of Who Cares? Scotland.
© Originally published in The Herald, January 23 2008Police recruitment could be boosted as a result of an alliance between the SNP and Conservatives, which ministers see as necessary to get their Budget through Holyrood.
© Originally published in The Herald, January 17 2008Companies in Scotland have been criticised for outsourcing to India, but now tourism leaders are to encourage more businesses in India to come here.
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