The number of people dying a drug-related death in Scotland has fallen for the first time since 2013, official statistics show. Some 1,330 people lost their lives from drugs misuse
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A woman who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after collapsing on a garage forecourt has urged those with worrying symptoms to see their doctor as soon as possible after
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A health board has said three of its hospitals had run out of space as bosses rang the alarm bells at NHS Lanarkshire. The board said on Wednesday it was
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Scottish and Welsh ministers have made a joint call for the UK to extend safeguards against gender-based violence to migrant women. The move came after the Home Office announced partial
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The adult disability payment has expanded into seven more areas ahead of a national rollout at the end of next month. People in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Fife, Moray, East Ayrshire, North
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A total of 448 examples of institutional racism have been revealed by an independent review of cricket in Scotland – with the sport’s governing body now being recommended to be
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God was “weaponised” by priests to help silence their victims and justify their abuse, an inquiry report has found. A report into the psychology of people who abuse children was
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Scottish Labour have demanded that Holyrood introduces new measures to keep people safe from Covid as infections continue to rise. Jackie Baillie, the party’s health spokeswoman, set out their Covid
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Nicola Sturgeon has said the Prime Minister will “cause chaos” if he stays on until October. Boris Johnson’s attempts to cling to power in the past 48 hours came to
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A former soldier’s head and hands were held down on a hot cooker and he was lied to about his real family, an inquiry has heard. Stewart Wilson was one
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