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Force reveals police officers avoiding a rest
One Tayside Police officer earns money fixing fish ponds when not chasing criminals, another fixes leaking taps and two more provide accessories for weddings. (...)
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'The big China cover-up' — senior councillor makes explosive claims against Angus Council officials
Another internal row has broken out among Angus Council's administration, with claims of a "big China cover-up". (...)
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Cost of PC Paula Wales investigation will remain a mystery
The cost of a Tayside Police investigation concerning an officer subsequently cleared of neglecting her duty will never be known. (...)
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Class A drugs still being smuggled into Perth Prison
Drugs including cocaine, heroin and various tablets have been found in Perth Prison. (...)
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Ninewells dominates in Tayside hospital crime figures
Police dealt with more than 100 incidents of assault, theft and vandalism in hospitals around Tayside last year. (...)
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Tayside Police say releasing information on payment to informants would threaten sources and investigations
Tayside Police have refused to shed light on the murky world of payments to informants. (...)
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Courier probe reveals shocking threats faced by parking wardens
A Perthshire parking warden was pinned between a car and a van after trying to write a ticket, while another's family was threatened by a furious motorist. (...)
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Outgoing commissioner calls for tightened freedom of information rules
Scotland's retiring information commissioner will today make a last-ditch plea to bring greater accountability to arm's length public bodies. (...)
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Scotland's councils report wide variation in pothole payouts
The amount of compensation paid by Dundee City Council to motorists whose vehicles were damaged by potholes fell to a five-year low last year. (...)
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FOI request reveals compensation paid to council staff
Councils in Tayside and Fife have paid out nearly £1.5 million in compensation to staff injured at work over the past five years. (...)
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Hounded postal workers facing daily battles with errant canines
Post workers in Tayside and Fife are running a daily gauntlet of fear of dog attacks. (...)
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Abertay University officials sought personal legal protection during Professor Bernard King dispute
Management at Abertay University in Dundee feared they would be personally sued during a dispute with the former principal. (...)
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Labour on attack after figures show Dundee has 99 fewer teachers than a year ago
Dundee has almost 100 fewer teachers working in its schools than last year, it has been revealed. (...)
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Bizarre FOI query confirms Tayside Police has no need to trim haircut costs
It's official — Tayside Police has spent not a single penny on haircuts for senior officers in the past six years. (...)
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Academic takes issue with Fife police 'hate crime' figures reported in May
Abertay University academic Stuart Waiton says claims by Fife police that religious hate crime trebled last year are untrue. (...)
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'It would be like some kind of dystopian nightmare' — fury at tobacco firm's demand to see university research
Politicians have warned of "serious consequences" for academia if Stirling University is forced to release research findings to a global tobacco firm. (...)
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Tayside Police admits losing track of sex offenders
Tayside Police has admitted losing track of seven registered sex offenders. (...)
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FOI request reveals 80 cycling offence charges in Tayside in five years
Cyclists in Tayside have fallen foul of the law 80 times in the past five years. (...)
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Call for Arbroath schools merger inquiry to avert Angus Council 'Watergate scandal'
Opposition councillors have called on the chief executive to set up an independent inquiry into the Arbroath schools merger controversy to get to the bottom of what was described as Angus Council's very own Watergate scandal. (...)
FoI revelations add fuel to Newburgh wind farm row
The row dividing Newburgh shows no signs of abating after supporters of a controversial wind farm were accused of attempting to hoodwink the public. (...)
