Tom Wood

The police are busy enough without investigating the dead Tom Wood

We are not equipped to deal with riots in this country, and that’s good news Tom Wood

Thanks chief, but there’s no need to apologise for historic wrongs on our behalf Tom Wood

Potholes, not air pollution, are the real problem with our roads Tom Wood

Why scrapping Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party would be a dangerous step Tom Wood

Back police office cuts can have unforeseen and tragic consequences Tom Wood

Can Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf and SNP Westminster Group Leader Stephen Flynn keep the party in power? (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scotland gets the politicians it deserves

Dear NHS Lothian, stop trying to atone for slavery and focus on waiting times Tom Wood

There are no shortcuts to solving crime Tom Wood

The Home Office plans to accommodated 500 migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge docked at Portland in Dorset (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Lee Anderson's foul-mouthed jibe comes as no surprise

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

What the Met can teach Scotland about protecting officers and the public

The police recording of 'hate incidents' where no crime has been committed is pushing Police Scotland into a democratic minefield, writes John McLellan.

Police recording of 'hate incidents' should worry us all - John McLellan

Hard borders make smugglers with any future checkpoints between Scotland and England a potential target for organised crime, writes Tom Wood.

We must outsmart the smugglers on any hard border with England - Tom Wood

Detectives putting up Evening News posters in the High Street seeking information about the The World's End murders in Edinburgh in 1977

Police should realise that the media can be their friends - Tom Wood

Mo Farah revealed he was brought to the UK illegally as a child and that his real name was Hussein Abdi Kahin (Picture: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Modern-day slavery is all too real. So why the focus on age-old statues?

Staff shortages are causing problems for essential public services, such as the police (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Essential public services are facing major staff shortage crisis – Tom Wood

The recent shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas highlights once again the obscene corruption of the American constitution in terms of gun ownership, writes Tom Wood. PIC: Contributed

Guns are not just an American problem - we can't afford to be complacent either

Rebekah Vardy arrives at Royal Courts of Justice during the so-called 'Wagatha Christie' libel case (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

These truly are strange times for justice – Tom Wood

Salamander, a new play by Cal Ferguson and Mhairi McCall, to premiere at Edinburgh Fringe

Unsolved murder of sex worker inspires new play set to premiere at Fringe

Russian journalist Oksana Baulina, who had worked for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, was killed while filming damage from shelling in Ukraine's capital Kyiv for investigative website The Inside (Picture: Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Brave journalists on Ukraine frontline remind us of importance of free media

Boris Johnson eyes up a display of cakes and desserts on a trip to Truro (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Here's a question for the Partygate lynch mob to ask themselves – Tom Wood

The remarkably low arrest rate during COP26 demonstrations in Glasgow reflects well on both the police and the protesters (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

How the unsung heroes of COP26 did their job – Tom Wood

A man leaves a cross for his brother during an event to remember the victims of drugs at Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow last year

Why Scotland's drug-death crisis may take years to improve – Tom Wood

The Covid pandemic has seen sales of bicycles boom (Picture: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Velo/Getty Images)

Cycling boom means rules of the road must be more rigorously enforced – Tom Wood

Police officers and other workers on the Covid frontline may need help to cope with post-traumatic illnesses, says Tom Wood (Picture: John Devlin)

NHS will need help to deal with pandemic's post-traumatic illnesses – Tom Wood

Members of the NUM miners' union picket line clash with police outside Bilston Glen colliery during the miners strike in June 1984.

The real lesson from the miners' strike in Scotland - Tom Wood

Police are facing an increasingly volatile situation as extremism on social media spills over into real life, says Tom Wood (Picture: John Devlin)

Police may struggle if extremists capitalise on winter of discontent – Tom Wood

There’s more loneliness than lust in parts of our sex industry - Tom Wood

Police stand guard in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse during a second day of unrest on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Jacob Blake shooting: Some see racism, I saw poor training and panic – Tom Wood

Staff in care homes and who visit eldery people at home are similarly stretched, says Tom Wood

Covid inquiry must not be a witch hunt – Tom Wood

Concerns over safety of people celebrating Hogmanay at the Tron helped prompt the switch to Princes Street (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party shouldn’t return to the Tron – Tom Wood

The paraphernalia of illegal drug use (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Why cutting drug-programme money would be an act of self-harm – Tom Wood

Comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli has been given a life ban from the Gilded Balloon (Picture: Jane Hobson/Shutterstock)

Gilded Balloon takes principled stand against toxic culture – Tom Wood

Number 10 special advisor Dominic Cummings leaves his home in north London (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Why I’m glad Dominic Cummings wasn’t forced to quit – Tom Wood

Has our response to Covid-19 coronavirus been damaged by a reduction in emergency planning? (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Covid reveals true price of brutal cuts during years of austerity – Tom Wood

Janice Graham (right), a health care support worker and district nurse, sadly passed away at Inverclyde Royal Hospital while Jane Murphy (left), 73, worked at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as a clinical support worker

90 frontline NHS workers to have died during coronavirus pandemic

New website helps key workers locate open garages near them

Cuban president Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hug at the United Nations in this late 1960 file photo. (Picture: Marty Lederhandler/AP)

Coronavirus: How we can learn from Cold War plans for a nuclear attack – Tom Woo...

Caroline Flack's death must lead to improvements to mental health services

Caroline Flack’s death was far from an isolated incident – Tom Wood

Campaigners for drug law reform in Glasgow's George Square

Election explained: Will Holyrood or Westminster tackle Scotland's drugs death c...

Each of the victims of the Essex lorry tragedy have been formally identified. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Essex lorry deaths: Why we all share blame - Tom Wood

Gender balance improves policing, as it does in all walks of life - Tom Wood
A little story for our time caught my eye recently. One of Police Scotland’s Firearms Inspectors was in the firing line (pun intended) for sending an email to h...

Housebreaking can make people afraid in their own home (Picture posed by model: John Devlin)

As an ex-police officer, I know crime stats don’t tell whole story – Tom Wood

The public image of cannabis may be based on outdated ideas about the drug

The drug that experts fear the most may surprise you – Tom Wood

Shamima Begum fled the UK to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria aged 15 and has been stripped of her British citizenship by the Home Office. Picture: PA/PA Wire

Shamima Begum: Fear and loathing has robbed us of good judgement – Tom Wood

Exterior of The World's End pub at the junction of St Mary's Street and the High Street Edinburgh, the last place where Christine Eadie and Helen Scott were seen before they were murdered in October 1977.

World’s End killer Angus Sinclair ‘certainly murdered’ more girls - lead investi...

A photograph of Angus Sinclair from 1977.

Author of Angus Sinclair book: Don’t waste your thoughts on him

St Johns Road is one of the worst roads in Scotland for traffic congestion. Picture: TSPL

Why Edinburgh’s Lord Provost shouldn’t be surprised motorists break the rules – ...

In England and Wales, changes to the way Parole Boards make decisions are being brought in following the outcry over the proposed release of serial rapist John Worboys

Victims should be at centre of criminal justice, not an afterthought – Tom Wood

Stuart Henderson (Pictuer: Phil Wilkinson)

Obituary: Stuart Henderson MBE, senior detective whose later career was consumed...

Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Henderson MBE

Tributes to ‘outstanding’ Edinburgh policeman who led Lockerbie investigation

AI can help catch criminals, whatever ‘experts’ say – Tom Wood

How we could tackle the scourge of drugs if we wanted to – Tom Wood

'We call drugs like Ecstasy soft, party or recreational drugs; they are anything but'. Picture: Paul Faith / PA.

Tom Wood: Tackling drugs requires a brave and honest stance

Iain Livingstone, who most informed observers believe should have been appointed the last time the job fell vacant, has all the qualities to make a success of his huge job. Picture: John Devlin

Tom Wood: It's getting better but it's still uphill for Police Scotland

Tom Wood

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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