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Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:47

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  By Andrew Redmond Barr
 
Investigations into the conduct of the police forces during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster are being reopened by South Yorkshire Police.
 
The South Yorkshire force was accused by an independent report of blaming innocent fans for the disaster, and is now voluntarily referring itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission for investigation.

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Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:36

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  By Bob Duncan
 
Glasgow Shettleston’s MSP, John Mason, has today commented on statistics produced by Alcohol Focus Scotland, which estimate the financial cost to the community caused by alcohol abuse in Glasgow.
 
For the first time these statistics have been produced across Scotland, broken down by local authority area, and estimates that the total cost of alcohol harm to the city is around £364 million a year.  This equates to an annual cost to every Glasgow resident of £615, or over £3000 for a family of five.

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Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:05

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  By Andrew Redmond Barr
 
The UK Education Secretary Michael Gove has criticised his Welsh counterpart for ordering that disputed GCSE exam papers are regraded.
 
Mr Gove, who has already faced allegations of interference in the exam system south of the border, labelled Welsh Education Secretary Leighton Andrews “irresponsible and mistaken” whilst giving evidence to the education select committee’s investigation into so-called unfair grades.