A man who was cleared of rape after a complaint that a judge fell asleep at his trial later raped two other young women, a court heard. Lee Woodward subjected two teenage girls to violent attacks almost identical to that described by the woman he was cleared of raping in 2001.
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Bloodsucking ticks carrying a potentially fatal disease are increasingly moving into Scotland’s cities as a result of global warming, campaigners warned yesterday.
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The first act of an SNP government could be a reprieve for a local hospital facing closure, it emerged yesterday. The party has promised to save the accident and emergency department at Monklands Hospital if it gets into power. And the move could even earn leader Alex Salmond a vote for First Minister from the Labour benches if the local MSP decides to put her local hospital before party loyalty.
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Elderly and vulnerable adults who attend two day-care centres in Inverness could be affected by strike action after staff unanimously voted to take industrial action yesterday.
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A Deeside man who had sex with a 15-year-old girl was yesterday spared a prison sentence despite warnings that he poses a “very high risk” of reoffending.
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The future of a new £100 million prison, set to house one tenth of Scotland’s inmates, has been thrown into uncertainty after a public sector bid to run the jail was rejected.
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A 70-year-old former senior social worker will become the new Lord Provost of Glasgow. Bob Winter beat former city treasurer Ruth Simpson by 30 votes to 13. Hanzala Malik, who had hoped to become the first Asian to hold the position in Scotland, had previously dropped out of the race.
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The community and voluntary sector in the west of Ulster is currently working closely with the Western Health and Social Services Board to host two major workshops. The first of these workshops organised by Fermanagh Rural Community Network and Omagh Forum for Rural Associations was held recently in Killadeas.
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A community project to provide vital support and training for the families of people with autism in Omagh has received a massive boost from the Big Lottery Fund. The National Autistic Society received a grant of £345,114 to provide support, advice and information to local parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and raise awareness and understanding of autism amongst professionals in order to improve access to services.
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Warning signs were missed before a Swansea baby died of brain damage with 50 injuries on his body, says a review carried out by the Local Safeguarding Children Board into the involvement of all local services leading up to his murder.
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