Urgent calls have been made to increase support for older people on low incomes after a survey found almost all its respondents were worried about paying bills next month. Age
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Sexual crimes rose to the highest level recorded in the last five years last year, according to a new report. The Police Scotland Quarter Three Performance Report showed that between
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Calls for greater stroke awareness have been made as fewer people are seeking urgent medical attention when they experience circulatory disease symptoms, Scotland’s leading stroke charity has claimed. Chest Heart
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Embedding specialist addictions nurses in general practices in the most disadvantaged areas can bring positive results for those with alcohol problems and should be expanded, according to a study. The
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Current laws are “failing” women and girls, Nicola Sturgeon said, as she welcomed a new report recommending misogyny be criminalised as part of “radical” legal reforms to protect females from
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The Unison union has appointed its first female Scottish secretary in its almost 30-year history. Tracey Dalling has taken over from her predecessor Mike Kirby, who retired after decades of
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A couple who murdered a vulnerable woman and continued to claim her benefits have been ordered to pay back tens of thousands of pounds. Edward Cairney, 80, and Avril Jones,
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There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the conclusion
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Scots aged over 65 would receive free residential care under a Scottish Labour government, leader Anas Sarwar will say at his party’s conference. Under the party’s plans, health consequentials provided
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary has admitted hundreds of criminals may now be out of prison despite the risk they pose to the public being wrongly calculated. The risk posed by convicted
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