Courts will be required to take rehabilitation into account as the primary consideration when sentencing young people under a new guideline. The Scottish Sentencing Council said it recognises that young
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The chairman of the Prince of Wales’s charitable foundation has resigned, expressing concern over potential “rogue activity” after reports that the organisation accepted a six-figure sum from a Russian donor.
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Booster Covid-19 vaccines and jabs for all children aged 12-15 in Scotland are to begin being offered from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The change follows a recommendation from the
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Scotland has recorded more than 700 drug deaths in the first half of this year, new figures show. The figures, described as “appalling” by the drugs policy minister, Angela Constance,
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Scottish ministers are being urged to come clean on the cost of setting up a new National Care Service and where the money will come to pay for it. Cosla
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A new £10 million long Covid support fund to help health boards respond to the condition has been announced by the Health Secretary, The fund is designed to maximise and
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A £500 million fund aimed at stopping families from reaching “crisis point” should result in fewer children being taken into care, the Scottish Government has said. Ministers are committing to
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A care watchdog has launched legal action seeking to cancel a care home’s registration due to “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care The Care Inspectorate has applied
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Establishing a National Care Service can be one of Holyrood’s “biggest ever achievements”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Announcing the Programme for Government, Scotland’s First Minister confirmed plans to create a
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The number of children and young people waiting a year or more for specialist mental health care has increased by almost 115% in the last 12 months – with “frightening
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