21 h. ago More than 7,300 cops and staff assaulted in line of duty in a year, data shows

Police Scotland data shows 7,356 officers and staff were assaulted in the 12 months to June, up eight per cent in a year, an average of 22 every day.

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3 d. ago Tate gallery attacker guilty of assaulting Broadmoor staff again

Jonty Bravery threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern.

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8 d. ago Cruel Scots dog owner who kept two starving canines at her home tried to hide one from cops 

A CRUEL Scots woman who kept her two starving dogs at her home and tried to hide one from the cops has been fined £300. Chloe MacKenzie, from Tain in the Highlands, failed to feed or care for her female German Shepherd and Boxer properly - leaving them famished and underweight. On April 4 2024,...

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1 week ago More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summitMore than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found.The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains and pesticides is up 14% on last year’s summit in Baku – and larger than the delegation of the world’s 10th largest economy, Canada, which brought 220 delegates to Cop30 in Belém, according to the joint investigation by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading...

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1 week ago More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summitMore than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found.The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains and pesticides is up 14% on last year’s summit in Baku – and larger than the delegation of the world’s 10th largest economy, Canada, which brought 220 delegates to Cop30 in Belém, according to the joint investigation by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cops issue urgent appeal to trace missing man who travelled 300 miles to Arran

James Smith has been missing for over two weeks after travelling to the Isle of Arran.

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3 w. ago Shoplifters steal from me every day, I’ve lost almost £20k in a year – it’s so bad I might have to close

A SHOP owner says he's made more than 100 calls to cops reporting robberies since opening - but no one has been prosecuted. Owner of News Plus, Mohammad Sheikh, said since opening in November, the shop has been targeted "every day" by shoplifters - including multiple assaults on his staff behind the counter. But Mohammed...

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3 w. ago Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks

Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedomStudents, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students and workers’ strikes next May Day and a nationwide general strike in May 2028.The day of action was organized under the banner of Students Rise Up, a network of students including both local groups and national organizations like Sunrise Movement and Campus Climate Network. Students were joined by faculty and educational workers’ unions like the American Association of University Professors and Higher Education Labor United. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Celtic BAN ultras group the Green Brigade from Parkhead from THIS WEEKEND after member of Hoops staff assaulted

CELTIC have announced that they're banning the Green Brigade from Parkhead after revealing the ultras group prevented the arrest of an individual who 'assaulted a member of Hoops staff'. Patience is wearing thin at Parkhead over the ultras group, who were already subject to a suspended sanction. And now the fans group will be SHUT...

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