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Top salaries rise at Glasgow City Council despite cuts
Top earners at Glasgow City Council and the authority’s spin-off companies have seen their salaries rise significantly despite serious cuts to council budgets.
Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe
Toxic fumes from vehicle exhausts have polluted 17 of Glasgow’s busiest streets in breach of a legal safety limit.
Revealed: the places you’re more likely to be killed by cars
Dangers of death from traffic accidents exposed as a “postcode lottery” by the lack of 20mph speed limits on streets across Scotland.
The Scottish streets poisoned by air pollution
Lethal exhaust fumes linked to degenerative brain diseases have polluted busy streets across Scotland in breach of safety limits.
Old Firm clashes: how much do they really cost to police?
Ahead of the next Old Firm clash there are renewed calls for football clubs to pay for the true cost of policing their matches.
Scottish Government tells Glasgow not to ban fracking
Glasgow City Council has been prevented from banning fracking by Scottish Government officials.
China accused of lying over organ harvesting
An Australian academic visiting Scotland has refuted claims by China that organ harvesting from prisoners has stopped.
70 cameras primed for new state-of the-art surveillance
Some 70 cameras in Glasgow have the capability to track people under a new surveillance system branded a threat to civil liberties.
New city surveillance system sparks call for urgent law change
Fears have been raised that a £1.2m CCTV surveillance system in Scotland's largest city could become a 'digital dragnet,' unless stronger legal safeguards are put in place.