Exclusive: Police Scotland refuses to release hate crime training material under FOI, via Alistair Grant
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🔴 Police Scotland refuses to release hate crime training material under FOI

The force said a training programme “is in the process of being rolled out internally” and it would not be appropriate to release the documents while this is taking place.

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Figures obtained by Nick Kempe and info in his subsequent blog post are revealing and really throw Scotland's forestry grant scheme into question. Thousands of BrewDog's trees have died in the last year and yet they are just planting thousands more
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Quite simply one of the coolest things happening in Scottish journalism at the moment 👇

Analysis: As Holyrood returns, can Humza Yousaf move on from a bruising recess?

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Sad to hear that Vincent Friell has died. He appeared in Trainspotting, River City, Taggart, The Angels’ Share, Still Game and Rab C Nesbitt but he’ll be best remembered for the comedy Restless Natives. Condolences to his family and friends.

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It's just over a month into #HaysWay and I've walked about 220 miles through a bit of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, East Lothian and the Borders. Here's a selection of some short diary pieces I write each week as part of the series:
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Horrible news the Jazz Bar is closing. Tummy always flipped a little walking down those stairs into the belly of a good night. Feel so sorry for family forced to make this call/ the future of musical culture and socialising feels bleaker all the time.

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Scottish Enterprise still searching for someone to fill £540-a-day top job:

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Jazz Bar closing down, just in case the weather hadn’t made Edinburgh miserable enough this year thejazzbar.co.uk/announcement-o…

Scottish Labour has suspended its candidate Wilma Brown, who is running in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, as it investigates complaints about her social media.

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We have issued data relating to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.

Data shows there were 7152 online hate reports received 1 April to 7 April. During this period 240 hate crimes and 30 non-crime hate incidents recorded.

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Exclusive: Edinburgh University principal tells SNP minister it stands ready to take more Scottish students if ‘cap’ is lifted

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RIP the incredible Peter Higgs. Only learned he had won the Nobel Prize when an ex-neighbour stopped him in the street in Edinburgh. He didn't have a mobile phone and had been out for lunch at a place chosen for its 'remarkable range of good beers'

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