MSPs get serious over crime plan
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Moves to crack down on serious crime are expected to spark a political row over the powers of Holyrood.
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Police officers are urging ministers to come up with a blueprint for the future direction of policing.
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MSPs are expected to support moves which would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes to 18.
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The Lib Dems are to unveil plans to allow communities to decide punishment of some minor offenders.
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MSPs are calling for the way Holyrood scrutinises red tape to be simplified in a report out on Friday.
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Home Office announces plan to X-ray suspected dealers, as well as tougher sentences on those operating near schools.
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The presiding officer writes to MSPs to tell them Holyrood security will be stepped up after a newspaper expose.
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A raft of new measures to tackle violent crime is to be announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
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The deaths of four cyclists prompt an MP to urge greater safety measures in a Westminster debate.
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Police could pursue suspects across the Irish border under plans being proposed by the DUP.
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The law protecting people who intervene to stop crime is to be reviewed, the justice secretary will announce.
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A Metropolitan Police commander defends action taken last week against crime gangs thought to be involved in child trafficking.
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Experts are to encourage local authorities  to toughen up their approach to tackling anti-social behaviour.
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ARE SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENTS fed up enough with crime to consider a dramatically different solution to the problem?  At this point, they should be.
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Cambridgeshire chief constable says more funding needed to cope with migrant workers' 'different standards' on crime.
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Plans to decriminalise child offenders and raise the age of criminal responsibility will be debated by Lib Dems.
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Legislation gives police greater powers to clamp down on knife crime, sex offending and football hooliganism in Scotland.