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Licence expert says Scotland's landlords confused about their responsibilities under new anti-bigotry act
Pub bosses could lose their licences unless they take precautions to prevent football-related disorder, a legal expert has warned. (...)
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Protesters banned from chamber as SNP use majority to pass anti-bigotry bill
A Dundee academic was banned from the Scottish Parliament chamber on Wednesday as the SNP forced through controversial legislation to crack down on bigotry. (...)
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Scottish Government allocates £9m to anti-sectarianism effort
The Scottish Government is to spend £9 million over the next three years in a bid to eradicate sectarianism. (...)
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Parties unite to register opposition to SNP's 'flawed' anti-bigotry bill
The SNP are forging ahead with their crackdown on football bigotry despite united condemnation from opposition MSPs. (...)
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Scottish Government extending bigotry crackdown to include age and gender discrimination
The Scottish Government's crackdown on bigotry at football matches will include measures to combat age and gender discrimination. (...)
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Campaigner urges football fans to protest Stephen Birrell's 'draconian' sentence for Neil Lennon posts
A Dundee academic is calling on football fans across Scotland to protest over the ''draconian'' sentence handed out to a Glasgow man who admitted posting religious abuse online. (...)
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Fife Police vow sectarianism crackdown will beat the bigots
Football fans who chant sectarian or racist slogans are being told there is no hiding place. (...)
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Abertay lecturer urges Old Firm fans to take stand against 'disproportionate' bill
A Dundee academic has called on Old Firm supporters to unite to defeat a bill that proposes to outlaw sectarian singing at football matches. (...)
Three due in court accused of sectarian comments during Dunfermline v Rangers match
Three men are due to appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today in connection with alleged sectarianism during the Pars' home tie against Rangers on Saturday. (...)
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Alex Salmond confirms there will be a single police force for Scotland
First Minister Alex Salmond has confirmed the worst-kept secret in Scotland — there will be a single police force. (...)
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'Hun' not a sectarian term, Celtic fans' chief tells committee
Calling opposing football fans "Huns" is not sectarianism, the chairwoman of a Celtic supporters group has told MSPs. (...)
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'This is a snobs' law' — Abertay lecturer castigates football sectarianism bill
A Dundee lecturer who is giving evidence at the Holyrood justice committee today has described the Scottish Government's bill on sectarianism at football grounds a "snobs' law." (...)
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Lecturer's claim that riots could spread to Scottish cities
A criminologist and sociologist in Dundee has said he would not be "massively surprised" to see riots spread to Scottish cities. (...)
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Police praise 'good response' to anti-sectarian initiative
Police in Perth are pleased with an anti-sectarian initiative used at McDiarmid Park at the weekend. (...)
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Dundee publican says derbies create more problems than matches against Old Firm
A Dundee publican believes tough proposals aimed at tackling sectarianism on match days would be more useful for when Aberdeen fans are in the city. (...)
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University lecturer says proposed anti-sectarian legislation would be 'most authoritarian law in British history'
An Abertay University lecturer has launched an online petition to protest against anti-sectarian legislation he claims will be the most authoritarian law in British history. (...)
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Former Tory councillor Edward Adam hits out at sectarian row MSP
A former Conservative councillor, whose father was rector of a Dundee Catholic school, has lashed out at a Tory MSP who claims faith schools amounted to "state-sponsored conditioning" of sectarianism. (...)
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'I want consensus' — Salmond's anti-bigotry bill climbdown catches Parliament by surprise
Alex Salmond has bowed to opposition pressure and agreed to delay a tough new crackdown on football-related sectarianism. (...)
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'Offensive and untenable' — Bishop angered by MSP's 'sectarian' schools comments
The Scottish Tories have been accused of being "spiteful" towards Catholics after claiming separate schooling amounted to "state-sponsored conditioning" of sectarianism. (...)
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Alex Salmond ready to target 'bigotry and booze'
Alex Salmond has put urgent action to tackle the twin blights of booze and bigotry at the heart of his priorities for the new Scottish Government. (...)
