Will police try to disperse Sarah Everard vigils in Scotland?

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Police could disperse Sarah Everard vigils

Planned candlelit vigils in memory of Sarah Everard could be dispersed by police.

The Scottish Government has said it could not guarantee the events, due to take place in Scotland this weekend, won't be broken up.

It comes after police formally identified human remains as those of the missing woman, whose disappearance has sparked a national conversation about women's safety in public.

Read more about the situation and planned vigils here.

'There's not much use feeling safe if you're not actually safe'

One of our youngest reporters has shared her experiences as a young woman in Edinburgh.

Beth Murray says she has been groped, verbally assaulted and describes one chilling episode where a man followed her home and stood outside her flat staring.

Her story will be - sadly - very familiar to a lot of women. Read what she had to say here.

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