Serial rapist Iain Packer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years after being found guilty of murdering Emma Caldwell in 2005. Packer, 51, was
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An investigation has been launched into what the authorities knew about the large-scale abuse of young detainees which spanned decades at a detention centre. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)
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Employers should ensure they have appropriate premises, furnishings, equipment and IT systems to help more autistic people in work, the Government has said. Sir Robert Buckland, who led a review
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Councils have warned frontline neighbourhood services will still have to be cut despite the Government recently providing emergency funding, as doubts over the viability of local authorities continue. If further
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A grieving woman who lost her mother during the Covid-19 pandemic has accused the Welsh Government of being “caught with their trousers down” when the virus hit Wales. Elizabeth Grant
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The proportion of people waiting more than four hours to be seen in A&E departments has typically been higher in Wales than either England or Scotland over the past decade,
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A serial rapist has been convicted of murdering sex worker Emma Caldwell and attacking multiple other women. Iain Packer (pictured), 51, was found guilty of murdering Miss Caldwell, 27, who
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A mental health watchdog raised concerns about the use of legal orders for “compulsory medication”, after an increase of nearly 50% in a decade. Compulsory community treatment orders (CCTOs) were
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A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son claims she used a bamboo cane on him because the Bible told her she could “chastise her child”, a court heard. Christina
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The Tory Government at Westminster is “hell-bent on returning to a new age of austerity”, Scotland’s Finance Secretary has warned. Shona Robison, who is also the Scottish Deputy First Minister,
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