Westminster has been urged to legislate to allow same sex marriage in Northern Ireland. The call came on Wednesday as the country marked two years without devolved government. Northern Ireland
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A woman who pretended to be ill has pleaded guilty to defrauding a cancer charity out of more than £90,000. Patricia Robertshaw, 42, who worked as a partnership and events
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A prison officer who fell in love with a convicted killer has been jailed for smuggling steroids and phones into prison in her underwear. Gemma Farr (pictured) was found to
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British women forced into marriages abroad will no longer have to pay for their own rescue, the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. The move comes amid controversy over the
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Nominations have officially opened for the 2019 Scottish Social Services Awards #SSSA19. It features a new special policy focus award to recognise excellence in Mental Health services. The Scottish Government
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A leading paramedic died after taking a “toxic” amount of prescription medication, an inquest has heard. Professor Malcolm Woollard, 57, was found dead at his home after consuming an excessive
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Migrant populations of many British towns may be thousands higher or lower than official statistics indicate, according to a report. Estimates of the number of foreign-born residents in some local
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Nearly £5.4 million was spent on “paupers’ funerals” by local authorities in the financial year 2017-18, a mutual insurer has found. The total cost of public health funerals across the
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Introducing special measures to allow vulnerable witnesses to submit evidence without the need to attend court could help to mitigate re-traumatisation, MSPs have heard. The Justice Committee in the Scottish
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A study is to examine whether measures such as referring to prisoners as “men” and their cells as “rooms” can help rehabilitate offenders. The three-year project will focus on HMP
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