Schools should take a “welfare approach” to both the victim and the perpetrator in cases of child-on-child sexual abuse, a safeguarding specialist has recommended. Dr Jenny Lloyd (pictured), a senior
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An SNP activist has alleged that former Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay sent him dozens of unwanted messages over a period of four years. Shaun Cameron, 25, told the Daily
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A “cunning and sinister” stalker who sent threatening messages to his victims throughout his trial has been jailed for six years, police said. “Resentful” Afzal Miah tormented his targets, including
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Two residential child care workers from Gwynedd have been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after a hearing found their fitness to practise was impaired because
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A new campaign has launched in Wales, during Sexual Violence Awareness week, which aims to end the silence around sexual abuse. The ‘This is Sexual Abuse’ campaign helps people to
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“Massive pressures” on social care has “squeezed out spending for all other important services”, a senior Labour MP has warned. Chair of the housing, communities and local government committee Clive
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Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has resigned after admitting he had “behaved foolishly”, following reports he sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy. The father-of-two stepped down just hours
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Scotland, according to the latest figures published by National Records of Scotland. Experimental Statistics
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Housing benefit payments for young Universal Credit recipients are not enough to cover the average rent of a room in a shared house in almost all of England’s local authorities,
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Families with severely epileptic children say they continue to be denied NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis despite a law change in 2018. Parents claim they are having to pay more
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