3 h. ago Top cop vows to bring "grooming gangs" and online child abusers to justice

The Chief Constable of Police Scotland Jo Farrell has vowed to crackdown on grooming gangs and other forms of child sex abuse. in a new report published today

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4 h. ago John Swinney sets deadline on Scotland grooming gangs inquiry final decision

John Swinney has revealed when he will confirm whether Scotland will hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs

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5 h. ago John Swinney urged to rule out replicating 'punitive' landlord tax hike in Scotland

It comes after a tax increase was announced as part of the UK Budget

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5 h. ago John Swinney to make decision on Scottish grooming gangs probe by Christmas

The First Minister met police chiefs earlier this week to hear about the scale of the problem.

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6 h. ago Minister says 'no final decision' made over controversial plans to axe most jury trials

Sarah Sackman pledged to do 'whatever it takes to protect the fundamental right to a fair trial', saying jury trials would always be a 'cornerstone' of British justice

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7 h. ago John Swinney told extra Budget cash should be spent on offering free school meals to more Scots pupils

EXCLUSIVE: Ross Greer said the benefits of providing free school meals to more pupils were "unquestionable."

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8 h. ago Rachel Reeves tells SNP to forget second referendum on independence and focus on bringing down NHS waiting lists

John Swinney has argued his party would have a mandate to stage an IndyRef2 if it wins a majority of MSPs at next May's election.

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25 h. ago FM pledges more cash for tackling poverty after Reeves scraps two

First Minister John Swinney said money freed up by the Chancellor’s announcement would be used to help in the fight against child poverty.

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26 h. ago John Swinney urged to use extra Budget cash on reducing child poverty levels in Scotland

Campaigners have called on the First Minister to “come good” on previous commitments to use the money earmarked for mitigating the two-child cap on tackling child poverty.

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32 h. ago Cristiano Ronaldo has escaped a World Cup ban and no one is surprised

There is no real precedent for Fifa’s decision to suspended the final two games of Ronaldo’s three-game ban but the World Cup was never going to begin without its biggest star, writes Jamie Braidwood

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62 h. ago Glasgow grooming gang victim to meet with John Swinney amid calls for inquiry

EXCLUSIVE: John Swinney will meet 'Taylor' after praising her courage in talking about the abuse she faced.

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62 h. ago The lack of a national review of grooming gangs in Scotland puts us out of step

Record View says there can and should be an inquiry into the grooming gang scandal in Scotland that gets answers for victims quickly.

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5 d. ago Cop30 live: rumours of deal as delegates prepare for final plenary

After a series of all-night meetings, the Brazilian presidency appears optimistic it has persuaded parties to agree to a dealWe have some texts, but we do not have the big one yet (the global mutirão decision).So far, we have the final versions on the mitigation work programme, the global stocktake, gender, loss and damage, and the global environment facility. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago SNP must realise Scotland needs urgent grooming gangs inquiry

It’s hard not to conclude that generations of children have been let down by the political establishment, says Susan Dalgety

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5 d. ago Democrats investigating Epstein decry Andrew ‘silence’ over interview request

Mountbatten-Windsor ‘continues to hide’, US lawmakers say, after deadline they set to receive response passesTwo Democratic lawmakers involved in the US congressional investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday condemned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s “silence” in response to their request that he sit for a deposition.Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversight committee, and Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the panel, were among the Democrats who earlier this month sent the former British prince a letter seeking his cooperation in their inquiry into Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Starmer undermines Khan with call for London grooming gangs inquiry

Starmer undermines Khan with call for London grooming gangs inquiry  The Telegraph

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6 d. ago Surrender by Thursday: Zelensky insists he will 'not betray Ukraine'... but faces impossible choice after US sets peace deal deadline and Kyiv insider says 28

The 28-point plan that the U.S. has presented to Ukraine endorses some of Moscow's demands and leaves security guarantees for Kyiv vague.

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6 d. ago Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy, as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal – Europe live

US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposalGerman Bild tabloid is also reporting that Merz is expected to hold a phone call not only with Zelenskyy, but also with the US president, Donald Trump.Mind you: there’s been no official confirmation yet. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Republicans warn Bondi not to bury Epstein files after law’s passage

Senate majority leader, John Thune, and others push the attorney general to release Epstein records within 30 daysUS politics live – latest updatesWithin hours of Donald Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, Republican senators were on the ground to issue a pointed message to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi: don’t bury these documents.The bill’s passage marked a rare moment of bipartisan support in an otherwise ideologically fractured Congress as it now sets a 30-day deadline for the release of Department of Justice files related to the actions of convicted sex offender of minors and financier Jeffrey Epstein, dubbed by a judge “the most infamous pedophile in American history”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago John Swinney says 'lessons must be learnt' after Covid inquiry finds failures cost lives

The findings are contained in the latest inquiry report by Baroness Hallett into the devastating pandemic that began in 2020 and led to a series of lockdowns.

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