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Kenmure Street protests. On the morning of 13 May 2021, two Sikh men of Indian origin living on Kenmure Street in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow were taken from their home and detained by the Home Office in a van on the street for alleged immigration violations. In response, neighbours and advocates organized a sit-in protest and surrounded ...
Operation Branchform is a Police Scotland investigation into possible fundraising fraud in the Scottish National Party (SNP) that was launched in 2021 and is ongoing as of August 2024. [1] The investigation concerns allegations that £666,953 raised by the SNP since 2017 specifically to campaign for independence in a proposed second Scottish independence referendum was in part improperly spent ...
Glasgow helicopter crash. / 55.85444°N 4.25000°W / 55.85444; -4.25000. On 29 November 2013, a police helicopter operated by Bond Air Services for Police Scotland crashed into The Clutha, a pub in central Glasgow, killing all three crew on board and seven patrons of the pub.
August 7, 2024 at 9:30 AM. More than 400 people have been arrested following violence in England and Northern Ireland over the weekend [Getty Images] People in the asylum system in Scotland are ...
City of Glasgow Police. The City of Glasgow Police or Glasgow City Police was the police covering the city and royal burgh of Glasgow, from 1800 to 1893, and the county of city of Glasgow, from 1893 to 1975. In the 17th century, Scottish cities used to hire watchmen to guard the streets at night, augmenting a force of unpaid citizen constables.
August 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM. The Muslim Council of Scotland says it has "full trust" that police protection in Scotland is strong enough, following disorder across the UK. First Minister John ...
Police Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poileas Alba), officially the Police Service of Scotland (Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba), [7] is the national police force of Scotland. It was formed in 2013, through the merging of eight regional police forces in Scotland, as well as the specialist services of the Scottish Police Services Authority , including the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency .
The Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 came into force in October 2007. This act criminalised kerb crawling and as result the tolerance zone was closed. [8] In 2013, the Scottish police forces were merged to form Police Scotland. Previously each local force had had its own policy regarding prostitution.