AN online campaign to raise awareness of teenage relationship abuse has been launched by Scotland’s Violence Reduction Unit as new NSPCC figures reveal thousands of teenage girls are suffering in silence.
FORMER Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram has hit out at the Scottish government’s handling of Scotland’s bigotry shame, claiming it can never be fully eradicated. By Angela Haggerty
By Pamela Alvarez Pictures by Ginny Clark FIRE FIGHTERS struggled to contain a blaze which broke out in a derelict building in Glasgow’s city centre on Monday afternoon. The fire began at around 1.50pm in Morrison Street in the former Co-op Funeral Care building in Tradeston, on the south banks of the River Clyde. Thick black […]
By Matt Coyle A MAJOR police crackdown has seen booze and drug crime in the Cardonald area plummet over five years. Local police are winning their battle against underage boozers and drug criminals with the number of public drinking offences among youngsters in Cardonald and Craigton a staggering 540% lower than in 2006 and possession […]
By Matt Coyle A LOCAL hotspot for anti-social behaviour is to be transformed in to a community garden in an effort to cut crime. The derelict site at Paisley Road West, Barfillon Drive and Barlogan Avenue, in Craigton, has been a regular haunt for underage drinkers, youth gangs and drug users for years. Residents, action […]
By Magdalene Dalziel ANTI-GREED protesters in Glasgow’s west end have battled to present a united front amidst criticisms of a recent relocation from George Square and reports of in-fighting. Occupy Glasgow, part of the global Occupy movement, aim to “democratically discuss and demand local and global change”, but have faced challenges to highlight their cause […]
March 19, 2012
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