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“Crisis in volunteers revealed” Herald
“Adults ‘too afraid’ of youth work” BBC
“Working with children and the law” BBC
“Half of Scots fear working with children” Evening News
See also
SCCYP (October 2007) Adults’ attitudes towards contact with children and young people - Research Report | Summary
Update
“Retailers told not to fight cheap drink ban” Herald
Following posted on 08.10.07
“Licensing chief warns over lack of pubs prosecuted for serving drunks” Herald
“City cracks down over drinks for drunks” Evening Times
“Police chief claims licensing law paperwork will keep staff away from frontline duties” Herald
Following posted on 25.09.07
“MacAskill tells licensing chiefs to ‘get tough’” Evening News
“Licensing boards told to tackle antisocial drinking” Herald
See also
“Licensing Act” Scot. Gov.
Posted by MM on Mon 15th Oct 2007 at 6:06 amUpdate
“Stockline disaster: The most damning verdict” Sunday Herald
“Time to tackle the shame of Scotland’s industrial fatalities” Sunday Herald
“Stockline report criticises firm and watchdog” Herald
Following posted on 31.08.07
“Maryhill blast boss says ‘sorry’” Evening Times
Following posted on 30.08.07
“MSP to pursue bill on corporate killing” Herald
“Verdict shows need for a new corporate killing law” Herald
“Gillon to battle on with bill on corporate killing” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 29.08.07
“Stockline factory disaster companies fined” STV
“Families condemn blast firm fine” BBC
“Anger at £400,000 fine for deadly factory blast” Telegraph
“£44,000 for each life lost and bosses ‘just go back to work” Scotsman
“Just £405 worth of pipeline repairs could have saved Stockline lives” Scotsman
“Explosion firms fined £400,000” Scotsman
“Firms fined over fatal gas blast” Independent
“Blast victims’ families call for new safety laws” Guardian
“Families of Stockline victims call for new law” Herald
“Factory operators fined £400,000 over fatal gas explosion” Herald
“ICL fined £400,000 over Glasgow factory explosion” Guardian
“£400,000 for nine lives” Evening Times
“Stockline blast firms fined £44k a life” Evening News
“The price of disaster” Evening Times
“Blast firm fine ‘put in context’” BBC
Press releases
“Stockline Disaster: Independent Report by Stirling and Strathclyde Criticises Working Conditions” Stirling University If this link does not work track this release in the University news archive.
“STUC reacts to ICL Plastics and ICL Tech Limited Fines” STUC
“ICL investigation: Completion of legal proceedings” HSE
“HMA v ICL Plastics Ltd and ICL Tech Ltd” COPFS
See also
Corporate Homicide Expert Working Group Report (submitted to the Scottish Executive in 2005).
This report contains an appendix on penalties and corporate homicide.
“Early release to go on amid jail crisis fears” Scotsman
“Revised prisoner release scheme to be delayed” Law Society Journal Online
See also
Research tip: for other relevant posts try entering ‘custodial’ in the search box, go to the Custodial Sentences and Weapons Bill category in the Archives or review recent Parliamentary reports.