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MacAskill attacked on stop-and-search power

A row between Holyrood and Westminster over stop-and-search powers being exercised by British Transport Police has deepened with a strongly-worded attack by a Labour minister on the Scottish Justice Secretary.

A row between Holyrood and Westminster over stop-and-search powers being exercised by British Transport Police has deepened with a strongly-worded attack by a Labour minister on the Scottish Justice Secretary.