The findings of an independent review of the Catholic Church in Scotland’s handling of allegations of abuse are due to be published. The Very Rev Andrew McLellan, a former moderator
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Diagnosing patients with medical labels such as “personality disorder” and “schizophrenia” can lead to less effective treatments being delivered, research has found. Up to five people in every 100 are
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Calls for GPs to face disciplinary action for over-prescribing antibiotics have been criticised as “counter-productive and unhelpful” by leading doctors. The General Medical Council said GPs are under “enormous pressure”
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Scotland’s most senior Catholic Archbishop, Philip Tartaglia, has apologised to survivors of abuse within the church in Scotland following the publication of an independent review of its handling of allegations.
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Ten men have appeared in court charged in connection with a child prostitution sex ring investigation. The men were in the dock of Birmingham Magistrates’ Court today for a series
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A Roma Gypsy gang has been found guilty of trafficking vulnerable Slovakian women into the UK to sell into sham marriages “like pieces of meat”, Scotland Yard said. The poverty-stricken
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Welfare officials have deleted a series of quotes from a benefits leaflet after being forced to admit they were made up. The document carried pictures of two “claimants” next to
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A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish. The brain “organoid” was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about
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Legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach that pays more heed to human rights laws, according to a group of
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A care home deputy manager tried to take more than £22,000 belonging to an elderly resident, a tribunal heard. Ratnamanee Bundhoo obtained three signed cheques in the summer of 2012
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