A charity has announced a “historic” £2 million investment in what is said to be the UK’s biggest ever motor neurone disease (MND) clinical drug trial. MND Scotland has also
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The number of people admitting their paedophilia to a specialist hotline has climbed three-fold, latest data has revealed, with more than 10,000 telling a charity they were worried about their
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Charges against people subjecting disabled people to hate crime because of their condition is the highest on record, figures have shown. Charges against people accused of committing disability aggravated hate
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One of Scotland’s leading paediatric doctors said she still does not know what happened at a multi-million pound super hospital to cause infections in a children’s ward. Professor Brenda Gibson,
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Some aspects of the City of Edinburgh Council’s short-term let licensing policy are “unlawful”, a judge has ruled. Landlords and a property marketing company (the petitioners) took legal action against
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Fatal accident inquiries will be held into four prisoners’ deaths – three of which involved drugs. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said it has lodged notices to
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Half of Scots are regularly skipping meals or going without essential foods to cope with the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research. A survey of more than 1,500 adults by
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Drug-related deaths among Scots who were dependent on opioids more than trebled between 2011 and 2020, according to new research. In a large-scale study involving almost 50,000 people over a
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has appointed a chief executive to help investigate the Government’s response to the pandemic. Ian Duddy, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, will begin his
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A woman has admitted to killing her newborn baby with cling film after she was wrongfully convicted of his murder. Ineta Dzinguviene, 38, pleaded guilty to one charge of culpable
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