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Tom Wood
6 days ago2 min read
Featured in Today's Edinburgh Reporter 'Explosive discovery in wartime bombing archive'
A great article in today's Edinburgh Reporter (7th January) about three unexploded bombs dropped during a German raid in 1940 remain...
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Tom Wood
6 days ago3 min read
How 1980s-style football violence has returned to Scotland in an even more dangerous form
The ease of communication provided by social media, the sale of large-scale pyrotechnics and a lack of police boots on the ground means...
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Tom Wood
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Second Lockerbie trial that may dismiss dafter conspiracy theories is not the only 2025 justice highlight
This is my latest column, published in the Scotsman on 24th December 2024. Merry Christmas to you all... Scotland’s justice system should...
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Tom Wood
Dec 10, 20243 min read
AI, facial recognition and digital evidence sharing: Why police must embrace new tech
This is my latest column, published in today's Scotsman (10th December 2024).... With previous funding levels for public services like...
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Tom Wood
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Latest Article in 1919 Magazine - 'Tulliallan - The Ties' (November '24 Issue)
This is my latest article, which I penned for 1919 Magazine, appearing in the November issue.
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Tom Wood
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Watch/Listen to My Interviews with BBC Scotland on the Search for Ruxton Murder Families After Bones Find
Further to my blog post yesterday - my interviews relating to the news story about the search that's been launched for the families of...
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Tom Wood
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Ruxton Murders: How discovery of dismembered bodies near Moffat created a forensic science revolution
I've written this article for the Scotsman (online) and it will appear in the paper tomorrow (20th November). The use of cutting-edge...
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Tom Wood
Nov 19, 20241 min read
BBC News - 'Search for Jigsaw Murder families after bones find'
Last week I was interviewed and filmed by BBC News, for a piece they've run online (and will broadcast on our national TV news,...
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Tom Wood
Nov 12, 20242 min read
The police are busy enough without investigating the dead
This is my latest Scotsman column, published today (12th November 2024). There’s no doubt that our national and local government services...
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Tom Wood
Oct 29, 20243 min read
As former firearms officer, I would have quit if police officer had been convicted of Chris Kaba murder
This is my latest column, out on today's Scotsman (29th October 2024) The one good thing to come from the Chris Kaba shooting trial was...
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Tom Wood
Oct 15, 20243 min read
How growing alcohol price gap between Scotland and England is a gift to organised crime
Organised criminals will realise there’s money to be made in moving alcohol from England to Scotland, and with it will come drugs and...
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Tom Wood
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Why Mohamed al-Fayed's victims' legal pursuit of Harrods is unjust
The legal pursuit of the late Mohamed al-Fayed and his enablers is more than justified, but going after soft-touch Harrods misses the...
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Tom Wood
Sep 17, 20243 min read
Why Scotland must stop sending more people to prison than most of Western Europe
This is the subject of my latest Scotsman column, published in today's newspaper (17th September 2024). Pressure on Scotland’s prison...
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Tom Wood
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Why Scotland’s drug deaths crisis will only get worse without radical reform
This is my latest column, published today (3rd September 2024). It is time for an independent commission on Scotland’s drug policy. Our...
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Tom Wood
Aug 20, 20242 min read
We are not equipped to deal with riots in this country, and that’s good news
This is my latest Scotsman column, published in today's paper (20th August 2024). With years, sometimes decades between riots, specialist...
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Tom Wood
Aug 13, 20243 min read
Not Nazis, just angry: How 1981 Toxteth riots show underlying cause of disorder is deprivation
This is my latest column, published in the Scotsman on 5th August 2024. As in Toxteth in 1981, the people rioting today are mostly angry...
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Tom Wood
Jul 31, 20241 min read
Tune In to the Podcast 'Beyond Recognition' Inspired by my Book Ruxton:The First Modern Murder - Episode 2 is Out & Episode 3 Released This Friday (2nd August)
As you may recall, the US-based company Small Town Dicks, which produces true crime podcasts has created “Beyond Recognition”, a six-part...
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Tom Wood
Jul 23, 20241 min read
The Edinburgh Reporter: 'Podcast premier for ex police chief’s true crime forensic thriller'
Thank you to the Edinburgh Reporter for this great write up, about the premier of my true crime podcast 'Beyond Recognition: The Ruxton...
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Tom Wood
Jul 23, 20242 min read
Trump shooting happened because US missed its ‘Dunblane moment’ to act on guns
Daily Motion: Has the assassination attempt given Donald Trump the keys to the White House? The attempted assassination of Donald Trump...
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Tom Wood
Jul 18, 20241 min read
New Six-Part Podcast Series Based on my Ruxton Story Launches Tomorrow!
As you may recall, the US-based company Small Town Dicks, which produces true crime podcasts has created “Beyond Recognition”, a six-part...
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