Anas Sarwar accuses Humza Yousaf of having his "head in the sand" after woman's Lanarkshire police station woes

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has accused First Minister Humza Yousaf of having his "head in the sand" after a woman was unable to report to Cambuslang police station that she was being followed.During the latest First Minister's Questions (FMQs) at Holyrood, Mr Sarwar raised the "heart-breaking" case of a Blantyre resident.Having already unsuccessfully tried to access her local town's police station, the woman had been unable to enter the closed Cambuslang police station while Mr Sarwar was speaking to journalists.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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