Education, Finance
Parents kept in dark over private finance school defects
Five schools in Angus and three schools in Dundee had defects that were similar to those found in Edinburgh private finance schools after a wall collapsed.
Dundee
Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance
Review of secret police condemned as a “whitewash”
Campaigners claim proposals for a new Scottish spy cops probe like asking the police to ‘mark their own homework.’
Crime and justice
Number of police on streets down almost 50 per cent since 2011
In some parts of Scotland traditional “beat bobbies” are non-existent and the situation for local policing is “critical,” according to the Scottish Police Federation.
Environment
The city streets where exhaust fumes breach safety limits
Toxic fumes from cars, lorries and buses are breaching safety limits and endangering health in urban areas across Scotland, according to the latest government monitoring.