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Controversial boot camps once branded an "expensive failure" should be revisited, according to former premier Campbell Newman who says his government's program offered youth offenders a "taste of challenge and excitement". The former premier has hit out at Labor for "unravelling" measures that were introduced when he was in power, as he argued that the State needed to get young offenders into innovative programs. The boot camps were trialled by the former LNP Government, but were ultimately dumped by Labor in 2015 with then-Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath branding them an "expensive failure"...

Criminals completing craft packs at home as covid halts unpaid work placements Offenders issued a Community Payback Order at court are being sent packs to complete which are then distributed to charities, care homes and groups in Renfrewshire. (Image: SHARED CONTENT UNIT) Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other re...

Police warning about door to door sellers in Hunts villages. - Credit: Cambs Police Police have received calls from residents concerned about people knocking on doors in villages.   Places such as Bluntisham and Fenstanton have been targeted.  A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said: “We’ve received calls concerning so-called ‘Nottingham Knockers’ across Huntingdonshire. “These individuals will offer household goods for sale, at inflated prices, but often this sale is a ruse for checking out a person’s home.   “They may claim to be on a rehabilitation scheme tryin...

Stock photo: Unsplash/Guido Jansen A BORDERS man has been placed on supervision for one year as part of a Community Payback Order. Brad Lewis, 23, of Princes Street, Hawick, was also ordered to pay £300 compensation for wilful fire-raising at a shop premises in the town in 2018. Jedburgh Sheriff Court was told the damage to the interior and exterior of the shop was put at £3,050. It was noted Lewis had limited financial means but the £300 compensation was designed to cover any insurance excess costs. He was also ordered to pay £24 to the Aldi store in Hawick, after admitting a s...

THE manager of a community food sharing project has spoken of her “heartfelt thanks” to the people of Dumbarton and the Vale for the support they’ve given to the charity’s Christmas appeal - and to its work throughout the lockdown. West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare has been busy operating from its food outlets in Alexandria, Dumbarton and Clydebank, with many health and safety restrictions put in place. Its volunteers have also been doing a home delivery service alongside food bank partner Food for Thought for people referred by the West Dunbartonshire Council’s crisis t...