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175 cars stopped by police in Barrhead crackdown

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:40 AM Comments comments (0)


NEARLY 200 cars were stopped in Barrhead last Wednesday as part of Operation Myriad.

The operation aims to target travelling crooks using Barrhead and East Renfrewshire's road networks to facilitate crime.

Police also worked with East R...

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Fury over funding investigation

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:35 AM Comments comments (0)


THE leader of Renfrewshire council has vetoed a call for an investigation into his conduct after he signed off £25,000 worth of funding to his employer.

Council boss Mark Macmillan was on a board which allocated the funds to Kibble Works to clean up...

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Nat Fraser's latest appeal against his conviction for murdering his wife due to be heard in September

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:30 AM Comments comments (0)

DATE is set for hearing after postponement due to new police documents being ...

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Man involved in brutal Barrhead 'pizza box killing' found dead in suspected suicide

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:20 AM Comments comments (0)

SCOTT BLAIR has been found hanged near the town where he tried to cov...

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Moors Murderer Ian Brady slapped down by judge hearing his mental health tribunal after he walks out

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:05 AM Comments comments (0)

THE serial child killer is continuing his fight to be transferr...

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Scottish crime rate falls to lowest level in 39 years but concern voiced over rise in number of rapes

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 10:55 AM Comments comments (0)

FIGURES released today show a drop in non-sexual crimes of violence, attem...

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Prolific shoplifter who threatened to 'smash up plane' in foul-mouthed air rage incident is hit with ?500 fine

Posted on June 19, 2013 at 10:50 AM Comments comments (0)

ROBERTA BURKE made the threat after cabin staff refused to sell her more than ...

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Moors murders monster Ian Brady: My crimes were petty compared with politicians and soldiers

Posted on June 18, 2013 at 5:20 AM Comments comments (0)

THE evil child killer is bidding to be allowed to be transferred to a prison rather t...

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Barrhead woman given community sentence for house fire

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 10:50 AM Comments comments (0)


A woman who set set fire to her home while suffering from depression has been given a community payback order.

Jacqueline Todd, 51, caused about £50,000 of damage...

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Graffiti ned is banned for life from all First Glasgow buses after scratching his name on windows of 26 coaches

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM Comments comments (0)

TEENAGE vandal Nathan Chlosta has also been ordered to pay £10,000 damage...

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Don't expel children from school.. it turns them into criminals, warns prison boss

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM Comments comments (0)

CHIEF inspector of Scottish prisons Brigadier Hugh Monro wants to see expu...

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Moors murders monster Ian Brady begins battle for right to die in Scottish prison

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 10:10 AM Comments comments (0)

THE serial child killer, who together with accomplice Myra Hin...

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Metal detectors outside Irvine hotspots in weapons crackdown

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 9:50 AM Comments comments (0)


POLICE WARN OF BOGUS CALLERS PROWLING VINEBURGH4,000 new jobs vow for IrvineSex crimes on the rise in IrvineCouncillor's confused over Common Good FundFraz laid to restCLUBBERS will have to pass through a state-of-the-art metal detector before...

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Tragic accident at gun club

Posted on June 16, 2013 at 12:45 PM Comments comments (0)

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TV junkie who featured in controversial BBC series The Scheme has been given a last chance to avoid prison

Posted on June 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM Comments comments (0)

DAYNA McLaughlin faces jail if she fails to complete order to carry out...

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Seven new witnesses come forward as police hunt the murderer of a Scot who was killed on a stag night in Spain

Posted on June 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM Comments comments (0)

AN independent investigator hired to probe the killing of Craig Mallon say...

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