The Scotsman cartoon: Police and fire service cuts

The number of police and fire service control rooms operating in Scotland will be cut after controversial closure plans were given the green light.

Illustration: Iain Green

Police contact centres in Aberdeen, Dumfries, Stirling, Glenrothes and Glasgow’s Pitt Street are to be shut, reducing the number operating in Scotland to five.

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