Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has urged the Scottish Government to step in after he claimed that two more children have died after contracting infections at a Glasgow hospital. The
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A one-minute silence will be held at the Scottish Parliament for all women killed by men this year. The event has been organised on the 30th anniversary of the UN’s
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There have been more than 500 verbal or physical assaults on Scottish Ambulance Service staff in the past 22 months, new data shows. Between January 2020 and October 2021, staff
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Council leaders in Scotland are seeking “urgent” talks with Home Secretary Priti Patel on what they can do to help accommodate asylum seekers. Kelly Parry, community wellbeing spokeswoman for the
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Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme is not being extended to cover more venues, despite the “precarious” situation the country faces with coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister said the
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The age of criminal responsibility in Scotland will be increased from eight to 12 next month, ministers have confirmed. Children’s minister Clare Haughey confirmed the change – which was part
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Players from care homes will join former football stars at a city’s first ever dementia football festival. More than 60 players from eight care homes and projects across Glasgow will
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A Scottish health board has been fined £200,000 after a patient with a history of self-harm took her own life in hospital. Anne Clelland, 49, was found unconscious in an
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Scotland’s professional adviser for midwifery and perinatal care Jaki Lambert has been appointed as the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) new director for Scotland. Ms Lambert (pictured), from Argyll and
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Staff at a nursery which has become embroiled in a feud with Scotland’s health secretary over a place for his daughter have said they “cannot apologise for something we haven’t
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