A prison officer became emotional as she recalled breaking regulations by giving bandanas to an inmate with alopecia who later killed herself. Katie Allan, 21, was found dead in her
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A prison officer assigned to monitor a 21-year-old who took her own life while serving a sentence has told an inquiry she was unaware of reports of her being bullied.
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The mother of a 21-year-old who took her own life behind bars has told an inquiry how she seemed “petrified” of other prisoners the day before her body was discovered.
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A 33-year-old woman has been convicted after admitting killing Michele Rutherford, 54, at a care facility in Stirling. Kellyanne McNaughton (pictured) pleaded guilty to culpable homicide when she appeared at
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A 16-year-old who took his own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution had been removed from suicide watch hours earlier, a fatal accident inquiry heard. William Brown, also known as
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Former Police Scotland chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone has been named as an ambassador for a children’s charity. Sir Iain (pictured) led the force between 2017 until he retired earlier
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Psychiatrists have reacted with “utter disbelief” after mental health funding was frozen in cash terms in the Scottish Budget. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the £290.2 million settlement for
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Child poverty campaigners criticised a decision to increase the Scottish child payment by less than £2 per week, saying it would provide “little comfort” to struggling families. Finance Secretary Shona
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Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has insisted that asking higher earners to pay more is the “right choice” as she announced the creation of a new income tax band for those
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Social care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently-announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from
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