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By Martin Graham
STRATHCLYDE Police are flouting data protection laws by charging £60 to reveal details of drivers involved in collisions.
Police have traditionally refused to disclose driver’s addresses or insurance policy numbers, saying that it contravenes the Data Protection Act.
But Strathclyde Police are charging £60.50 to release Road Crash Reports, which records the name and address of the owner and driver, as well as insurance company details and policy number.
By Oliver Farrimond
DETECTIVES hunting a man in a rugby top who raped a girl at the Royal Highland Show are appealing for party-goers to send them photographs from the event to help catch him.
Police think that other revellers may have accidentally caught the suspect on camera, as they search for clues as to the whereabouts of the attacker.
The girl was sexually assaulted during the Young Farmers Ball in the early hours of Saturday morning, near portable toilets outside the marquee.
The suspect is described as being white, in his mid to late 20s and around 5ft 10ins in height. Continue reading
By Oliver Farrimond
PROTESTORS drove a flock of sheep to the Scottish Parliament to complain about new EWE-ropean Union plans to fleece Scottish farmers with a new electronic tagging system.
Farmer Kelvin Pate brought the sheep and their lambs to meet Tavish Scott, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who was due to debate the measures later in the afternoon.
Critics say the mandatory scheme would place an unnecessary financial burden on hard-up farmers, and that the plan was not suited to the craggy Scottish countryside.
Scott, himself a former farmer, said that the proposals were not practical, and were the result of woolly thinking from Brussels.
He said: “These sheep tagging plans are unnecessary, unworkable and will push farmers and crofters out of sheep production. Continue reading
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