A single mother is preparing to mount an appeal after a High Court judge ruled that her brain-damaged daughter should be allowed to die. Mr Justice Poole decided earlier this
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Construction of a Covid-19 testing megalab is to be halted, the UK Government has announced. In November, the Government announced that a new megalab was being constructed in Scotland, with
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Young girls experience lower levels of wellbeing and self-esteem by their early teens compared with boys, a new report into the mental health of Generation Z has said. Research from
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Working to tackle domestic abuse, support the victims and their children, and deal effectively with perpetrators is a complex, multi-agency activity in all parts of Scotland. However, when it takes
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A judge has given a 69-year-old woman who has dementia and lives in a care home the go-ahead to have sex with another resident she has become attached to. Mr
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A woman whose son was taken from her at one of Ireland’s mother and baby homes after she was transferred across the border has said any Stormont apology must be
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A senior judge has raised concern about the way a police officer and council social worker questioned an eight-year-old girl who said her mother had sexually abused her when she
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Imports of medical cannabis to more than 40 children with severe epilepsy have been given a six-month reprieve – after being halted due to Brexit. The Department of Health and
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Boris Johnson has said he is “deeply sorry” for every life lost to coronavirus as he insisted the Government did “everything we could” to minimise deaths and suffering. The Prime
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Singer Will Young has questioned why his twin brother was not assessed by a consultant psychiatrist when he was admitted to hospital after trying to take his own life, just
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