Slammed 'secret meetings' of Scotland's police watchdog to be opened up

Celtic kid Cameron Harper has claimed the Hoops lacked solid team spirit amid 'cliques' and a lack of 'togetherness' in both the first team and youth set ups. The 19-year-old winger departed for New York Red Bulls in March despite the Hoops being keen to strike a deal to keep him in the Scottish Premiership.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“In Lanarkshire we were co-ordinating several incident support teams to contact trace locally.“We went quite quickly from it feeling like something that was over in Wuhan, maybe a few cases in Scotland, issues in Italy and suddenly it became very real for us.“I sat down with each of my divisional leads to review in detail our existing resilience plans.“We went through them and

Police Scotland custody. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner have announced they are examining the actions and decision-making of officers involved in the man’s arrest and liberation.

zoom call and flashed the attendees. Inshes and Milton of Leys Community Council were hosting a public meeting on Monday to discuss a proposed housing development for former Fairways Golf Course.

Police Scotland van appears to have have been badly damaged following a collision with a car in Fife. A video has emerged from the scene on the A909 near Cowdenbeath which appears to show a silver motor 'pinning' the stricken vehicle against a crash barrier.

prison pal, declaring: “Police haven’t found another body I buried in Scotland.” Tobin, who continues to battle cancer, made the revelation during a chat with another prisoner. The killer is serving three life sentences for murdering Angelica Kluk, 23, Vicky Hamilton, 15 and Dinah McNicol, 18, between 1991 and 2006 – but has also been linked to a string of unsolved deaths across Britain.

drink-driving at five times the legal limit failed in a bid today to have her case heard in secret. Lucinda Knowles, 55, pleaded guilty to driving a Renault G-Scenic Dynamique on March 6th (2021) with excess alcohol.

First Minister leaked last week, ruled that she had given an "inaccurate" account of a meeting with her predecessor during her Government’s botched probe into him. Set up in 2019, the Committee has been investigating the SNP Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond pursued a judicial review and it was agreed the Government probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.

antisocial behaviour targeting bus drivers and passengers could result in someone being killed.Chief Inspector Sarah Taylor, Local Area Commander for North West Edinburgh, made the comments after Lothian bus drivers were subjected to a night of terror yesterday at the hands of yobs.Eight buses were targeted by vandals who threw bricks and projectiles, shattering nine windows and terrifying the drivers.Chief Inspector Taylor revealed police have been conducting a huge operation to clamp down on

Scottish Parliament  the continued fall in coronavirus cases is giving grounds for "cautious optimism". The  First Minster  told MSPs that primary children will return to school next week as planned along with more senior secondary pupils.

What3words boss Chris Sheldrick added: “With beautiful coastlines, Highlands, lochs and world-famous events like the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland is full of wonderful destinations.

Piers Morgan’s ‘disappointing’ dismissal of Meghan Markle’s suicidal thoughts. The Good Morning Britain host went on a furious rant about the Duchess of Sussex following an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in Scotland last night.

police found a secret drug preparation lab in an illegal loft conversion at his house. Derek Johnstone, 41, is thought to have supplied at least £32,000 worth of drugs to users from his semi-detached home, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.

George Bowie has drafted in the police after his Twitter account was hijacked by trolls posting sectarian messages.The Clyde 1 DJ took to Instagram to update his followers after a flurry of offensive messages were sent out from his Twitter account in the early hours of yesterday morning, and says that he still hadn't regained access to it.Despite the technical hitch, Georgie Boy said he will still be able to take 'shout outs' for tonight's show on his other social media platforms.In his post, he

soon.” Chief Constable Iain Livingstone congratulated the 47 winners of a range of awards, adding: “The last 12 months have underlined the relentless and challenging nature of policing.“I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all our winners and nominees and thank them for their commitment to public service.”

link!He added that people in Central Scotland constituency will be “outraged that the SNP and other political parties have supported the move”, with only the Scottish Conservatives “consistently opposing any prisoners getting the right to vote since the plans were first brought forward”.Mr Simpson said: “It is utterly shameful that the SNP and other political parties think it is the right thing to do by giving hundreds of prisoners the vote in May’s Scottish Parliament election.“While many