Fatal accident inquiry into custody deaths set to start in new year
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to go ahead in the new year into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives at a young offenders
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Right to outdoor exercise ‘clearly breached’ at HMP Polmont, inspectors find
Inspectors have raised concerns prisoners’ rights to an hour’s exercise in the fresh air every day are “clearly being breached” at Scotland’s national holding facility for children and young offenders.
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Coalition of organisations call on Scottish Government to increase mental health funding
Seventeen organisations have come together in a call for the Scottish Government to increase mental health funding. Bipolar Scotland, the Royal College of GPs, Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH),
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Five men arrested over alleged non-recent abuse at Edinburgh Academy
Five men, aged between 69 and 90, have been arrested and charged in connection with alleged, non-recent, abuse incidents at Edinburgh Academy, police have said. Police Scotland said that a
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UK Government acted lawfully when blocking Holyrood gender reforms, court rules
Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that the UK Government’s blocking of controversial gender reforms was lawful. The Scottish Government mounted the legal challenge earlier in the year after Westminster
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Care home boss lied about being by man’s side when he died, Covid Inquiry told
A care home manager allegedly lied to a man, stating he was with his father when he died, the Scottish Covid Inquiry has heard. William Jolly, of Scottish Covid Bereaved,
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Sunak’s asylum plans a ‘real dark day’ for Britain, warns Scotland’s First Minister
The UK Government’s immigration plans are a “real dark day” for the country, Scotland’s First Minister said as he accused the Prime Minister of dismantling asylum processes. Humza Yousaf, whose
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Mental wellbeing in Scotland at lowest level on record, ‘stark’ survey shows
Mental wellbeing in Scotland is at its lowest level on record, a survey has suggested. The Scottish Health Survey, published on Tuesday by the Scottish Centre for Social Research and
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Sturgeon’s public statements ‘unhelpful and confusing’ during pandemic – Hancock
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has accused Nicola Sturgeon of communicating with the public “in a way that was unhelpful and confusing” during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, he also told
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Next phase of abuse inquiry to focus on treatment of young people in NHS care
The next stage of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will examine abuse suffered by disabled children and young people being treated within the NHS. Hearings for phase nine of the
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