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• Hate rising Hate crime reports in Scotland are on course to outnumber all other offences put together, figures show, as front line officers warned they “can’t cope” with the surge. Around 8000 hate crime reports have been made in the first week of the new Scottish legislation coming into force, which, if replicated through the year, would surpass the entire annual total of 416,000 crimes reported to police, according to an analysis of official data by The Telegraph. This would mean that hate crime reports would overtake overall crime by the autumn, and dwarf the annual 58,000 reported assaults, the most common offence in Scotland, by a factor of 10. David Threadgold, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, which represents front line officers, told the BBC: “Police Scotland have gone public and said that on every occasion, reports of hate crime will be investigated. “That creates a situation where we simply cannot cope at the moment. Officers have been brought back in to do overtime shifts and the management of that is simply unsustainable.”

• ‘It hit my heart’: Football Fern’s decision dissected

  In the end, Football Ferns great Ria Percival finished on her own terms.

• Foster finds work Rugby: Former All Blacks coach Ian Foster has landed a new job. Five months after leading the All Blacks to the Rugby World Cup final, Foster let slip last week he had put ink to paper on his next coaching move but did not reveal the destination. NZME understands Foster is expected to rekindle his coaching partnership with Sir Steve Hansen at wealthy Japanese club Toyota Verblitz. Hansen as head coach and Foster, as assistant, worked hand in hand with the All Blacks for eight years (2012-2019) — a period which included the men’s national team’s only foreign Rugby World Cup success, in 2015.

• Adams put it all out there in her career

  World and Paralympic shot put champion Lisa Adams has decided to retire from the sport on the eve of the Paris Paralympics.

• Airport hits out at criticism of its big expansion plans

  The Aviation Industry Association (AIANZ) says Auckland Airport’s building plans are excessive and will hit travellers and aviation operators hard.

• Sun fuels Kiwis with hope

  Former Swiss player Lulu Sun can expect to be busy on her debut for New Zealand at the Billie Jean King Cup teams tournament in China this week.

• Our turn in four years

  New Zealand will see its own solar eclipse — but unlike the United States, we’ll have to wait a while.

• Forecast is bleak for Niwa

  Up to 90 jobs might be cut at Niwa as part of a swathe of roles being slashed across the public service.

• Lee says she’s no magician

  Media and Communications Minister Melissa Lee says she’s “not a magician” as TVNZ confirms a range of job cuts and the end of several shows, including Fair Go after 47 years.

• Roaming dog packs killing cats

  Packs of unsupervised dogs are terrorising South Auckland neighbourhoods, residents say, with scores of cats killed in one suburb alone.

Featured documents

• Booze Barons

  Asimple convenience or a plague on society? Whatever your view of liquor outlets, new laws on the way are expected to curb the enormous growth the industry has seen in New Zealand over the past couple of decades....

• Parole Board: System ‘fundamentally wrong’

  Ateenage offender with alcohol and violence issues sat behind bars, in a cell neighbouring his father’s, for more than a year without receiving any rehabilitative treatment....

• What’s holding up open banking?

  Why are our banks so far behind in providing customers with open banking? It’s a service that will improve a range of financial tasks, ranging from remortgaging to budgeting. Similar countries have had this technology for years....

• Driver escapes drug convictions

  Adriver who had methamphetamine and cannabis in his system when he crashed a work vehicle, injuring two colleagues, has escaped drugged-driving convictions after correct procedure wasn’t followed in obtaining a blood sample....

• Pulling retail out of terminal slide

  Auckland Airport’s international terminal is said to have its hum back, with emotions high among travellers reuniting with family and friends after more than a year of closed borders....

• ‘Little’ trust hails funding for project cutting power bills

  People behind the first Whanganui project to receive funding from the Government’s Māori Housing Renewable Energy Fund want to encourage others to apply for upcoming rounds....

• Thousands of jobs at aviation fair

  Auckland Airport is hosting job fair with around 2000 positions on offer and its chief executive Carrie Hurihanganui is well placed to know what it takes to get one of them....

• VAXXED OR NOT? The needle in the room:

  Hi, neighbours....

• CRIME WAVE

  Ram raids, smash-and-grabs, protests on youth justice facility rooftops: the visibility of youth crime has increased markedly, as have political frustrations, with Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon saying they’ve had a “gutsful”....

• CRIME WAVE

  Ram raids, smash-and-grabs, protests on youth justice facility rooftops: the visibility of youth crime has increased markedly, as have political frustrations, with Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon saying they’ve had a “gutsful”....