Aberdeen’s depute lord provost has stepped down from his role after being charged in connection with an alleged sexual assault. Councillor Alan Donnelly was suspended by the Scottish Conservatives earlier
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Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court charged with attempted rape and sexual assault. Mr Salmond faced a total of 14 charges when he appeared at Edinburgh
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The use of pre-recorded evidence in criminal trials in Scotland could be increased after MSPs on Holyrood’s Justice Committee approved initial proposals. The committee has been considering the Vulnerable Witnesses
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Health experts have warned Scottish hospitals are at risk of an outbreak of a new potentially deadly superbug unless attitudes towards screening change. Rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae
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A child migrant has told how she was shipped off to Australia and told she had no family – despite her parents and five siblings being alive. Yvonne Radzevicius was
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CCTV footage has been released in the search for a missing pensioner with dementia in Renfrewshire. Allan Burns from Kilbarchan was last seen on Friday at around 3.15pm on a
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A senior paediatrician has urged the Scottish Government to move from policies to action to transform children’s health. Professor Steve Turner made the comments as a scorecard marking the government’s
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Authorities looking into concerns about children’s well-being provided a “less consistently robust” response in cases where youngsters were suffering from “chronic poor parenting”, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate conducted
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Police failed to record a report of concern for a vulnerable man who went missing and was later found dead, an investigation has indicated. A Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
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A child moved to the other side of the world after a “massive lie” gave her hope she would find a better life there, an inquiry has been told. A
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