NEARLY 30 people a day are being stopped and searched by police at Haymarket and Waverley train stations using anti-terrorism laws.
The special powers were introduced across the UK in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport in June.
Figures released today reveal just under 4000 people have been stopped by British Transport Police, who patrol the stations, since then. The powers allow officers to search anyone at random and seize anything that may be used in connection with terrorism.
But politicians and race relations groups today raised concerns about the number of searches, and the fact people from some ethnic minorities have a higher chance of being stopped than the city's predominantly white population.
Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, has written a holiday essay about what we Americans should be thankful for having, and what we should be thankful we don't have yet.
A march in protest against Donald Trump's plans for a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeenshire has taken place.
Councillors are still to decide whether the complex on the Menie estate at Balmedie should go ahead.
Pressure group Sustainable Aberdeenshire organised the demonstration which was attended by about 200 people.
There is a need to approach Ahmadinejad and the judges and tell them, in a peaceful but firm way, that life is sacred in every part of the world and according to all religions - that always invite the faithful to be compassionate.
It is for this reason that we are asking you to send a white flower (symbol of life) and a red flower (symbol of blood) to the Iranian President, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, asking him not to spill the blood of other innocent victims, and to abandon the path of terror and violence.
EveryOne Group SENT TO THE EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY LAST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, WITH THE SUPPORT OF EXPONENTS FROM THE ITALIAN RADICAL PARTY, A DOCUMENT/MOTION APPEALING FOR A STOP TO THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE GYPSY POPULATION IN ITALY. ON NOVEMBER 15 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PUBLISHED THE RESOLUTION ON THE APPLICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2004/38/CE, “ANSWERING” ALL THE POINTS LISTED BY EVERYONE
