Hate Crime Bill 'ill conceived' and 'badly drafted' says former Alex Salmond adviser

thug who shouted "Freedom" before smashing a bouncer over the head with a metal pole has been ordered to pay his victim compensation. Ross Gibson, 32, impersonated Scots hero William Wallace before launching the savage attack on doorman Gabriel Greechan outside the Jam House club in Edinburgh.

Brexit after the Scottish Government formally urged MSPs to reject the UK Government’s Internal Markets Bill. Mike Russell said the controversial bill, which Tory Ministers admit would break international law, was a “defining moment” for the constitution.

Page Six.Zayn bought the farm on the urging of Gigi's mother Yolanda - who owns a $4M, 32-acre 240-year-old farmhouse nearby housing horses, mini-horses, goats, chickens, sheep, and Scottish highland cattle.  'There's not a lot of things around. I do a lot of farm work,' Malik told Billboard back in 2017.'I take the horses out and feed the cows and that kind of stuff.

The cold-blooded execution of wealthy flamboyant farmer Maxwell Garvie, shot in the head as he slept, remains one of the country’s most chilling murder cases.

Halloween, so watch this space and I’ll reveal what’s going on soon.Being an influencer has its pitfalls like any job but I’m so thrilled that moving “up the road” to Scotland hasn’t stopped me from continuing my new career.Just like so many other Scots – you can be a worldwide success but still live at your mum’s…Lewis Capaldi, what a ledge! (If only I could sing.)Some people still ask what do I actually do and to be honest I never really got it either.Influencers create content just like

Jane Park has set pulses racing as she poses in a cream two piece - which even sparked three Instagram marriage proposals.

protest has been held outside a Glasgow hospital by a Scots family unable to visit their seriously ill relative in intensive care. Tracy Donaldson, 43, and her family are demanding relatives be allowed to visit loved ones in intensive care amid tightened coronavirus restrictions.

pervert was snared by cyber crime cops for possessing child sex abuse images after he accessed sick videos and photos through WhatsApp.

Alex Salmond debacle cost the taxpayer. Leslie Evans said the Government does not record the amount of time in-house lawyers and officials work on particular issues.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said: “It is time the Scottish Government came clean about the true cost to the taxpayer of the botched handling of sexual harassment claims.”A Holyrood committee is investigating how the SNP Government handled complaints of sexual misconduct against Salmond.

Hamilton the services of Lee Hodson for the next two weeks. Accies have been rocked by the news that their Northern Ireland international has had to go into self-isolation.

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hate crime laws.The SNP Government is under pressure to strike out its plans to add “stirring up hatred” to legislation, a move critics say cannot be policed.Conservatives are leading the campaign to block the plan, but were accused of playing “petty politics” ahead of a vote at parliament.Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf insists the overall plans will make society more inclusive.

Alex Salmond has said he could go back to court to help retrieve key documents for the Holyrood inquiry into the Government’s bungled sexual misconduct investigation. David McKie told the Scottish Parliament committee Salmond is willing to try to access information that is not being handed over by Nicola Sturgeon ’s Government.

independent "by accident" and Wales could follow, a veteran former Welsh first minister claimed. Carwyn Jones, who served in the post for a decade, said the UK Government has to move to a more equal partnership across all the nations of the UK or watch as the state breaks up.

missing airman Corrie McKeague has said that police have been unable to reassure her that bones found in bin bags in a Suffolk river are not her son's. Nicola Urquhart said she was "trying to keep a sensible head on" after the discovery of human remains in the River Stour in Sudbury on August 27.Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, around 16 miles north of Sudbury, on September 24 2016.

James McFadden.The 24-year-old Aussie is in line to spearhead Scotland’s attack for the Nations League opener at Hampden after Sheffield United striker Oli McBurnie was ruled out of the showdown through injury.Dykes faced the media yesterday for the first time since declaring his allegiance to Scotland despite the offer of an international career with the Socceroos.

ice cream. Mackie’s of Scotland are offering the chance for one lucky dessert lover to scoop two litres tubs of the delicious ice cream for life.