SPECIAL REPORT: Nine Scottish women killed by their partners or exes in just one year
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SPECIAL REPORT: Nine Scottish women killed by their partners or exes in just one year
Urgent action to reverse funding cuts to frontline services must be reversed to save the lives of women threatened by violent partners, experts warned yesterday.
A burning issue: MSPs to launch investigation into cover-up claims at Scotland’s FBI
Holryood politicians are to investigate a cover-up scandal at a defunct crime-fighting agency once known as Scotland’s FBI.
“I bought my ex a phone. It was taken by police after he raped me. A year on I’ve paid £700 and still don’t have that phone”
Mobile firms are billing rape victims whose phones have been retained by police as evidence during lengthy criminal investigations.
Watchdogs probe Glasgow School of Art’s £20m fundraising drive after donations spent on buildings untouched by fire
An international fundraising appeal launched by Glasgow School of Art after a devastating blaze is being investigated by watchdogs, we can reveal.
The secret slaves of Scotland: Experts warn rising epidemic of human trafficking now scars every village, town and city
Victims of human trafficking can now be found in every town and city in Scotland, experts say.
A river of life… a river of death: Drugs, gold and guns bring terror and death to 400-mile waterway in Colombia
Oscar Salinas has little doubt. “The conflict has resulted in a lot of human suffering but also a lot of environmental suffering. If the natural environment is harmed and dies, then our communities will die,” said the Colombian lawyer.
I was sold as a slave for £3500… in Scotland: Victim of barbaric human traffickers reveals ordeal
A human trafficking victim tricked into moving to Scotland before being sold as a bride has spoken of her ordeal for the first time.
Glasgow School of Art abandoned relocation plans after blowing £1.2 million on refitting a building that was unfit to use
Bosses at Glasgow School of Art blew £1.25 million on converting a building for students before abandoning the plan, according to confidential documents.
More than 14,000 files lie in limbo in Crown Office in-trays as victims of crime reveal their despair at being forced to wait for answers in court
More than 14,000 files are sitting in prosecutors’ in-trays as Scotland’s justice system buckles under a massive backlog of unresolved criminal cases, we can reveal.
Forced out: Emails expose turmoil at top of ravaged art school as director is told to go home against his will
The director of the Glasgow School of Art was forced to leave work against his will by chairwoman Muriel Gray as he led the response to a second devastating fire, we can reveal today.
REVEALED: £10m of taxpayers’ money was given to art school after blaze. Not one penny was spent on fire damage
None of the £10 million of taxpayers’ money given to Glasgow School of Art after a devastating fire in 2014 was spent repairing the damage done by the blaze, we can reveal.