A children’s charity has reported a 1,100% increase in applications for its emergency cash fund during the first week of the coronavirus lockdown. Aberlour Child Care Trust said many families
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The Scottish Events Campus (SEC) will be turned into a field hospital and cancer screening programmes will be paused to help the NHS respond to the coronavirus crisis, Nicola Sturgeon
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The Scottish Government has launched a national volunteering campaign with a series of newspaper and radio adverts. Scotland Cares will look to recruit volunteers to help combat the Covid-19 outbreak
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James McAvoy has said that he wanted to “start a conversation” so that NHS frontline workers who are fighting the coronavirus pandemic are aware of how much they are valued
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People have been urged to help double a £20,000 donation comedian Kevin Bridges made to a children’s hospice organisation in memory of a “wee pal”. He donated the sum to
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Three “sickening” break-ins at care homes in the Highlands over the weekend are believed to be linked, according to police. Four men, dressed in dark clothing, entered the Isobel Fraser
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Alex Salmond has vowed evidence of a plot to discredit him will “see the light of day” after he was acquitted of a string of sexual offences, including attempted rape.
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A winter night shelter run by a Christian charity is to close after a guest and member of staff tested positive for coronavirus. Glasgow City Mission (pictured) helps vulnerable and
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Access to female doctors and delays for forensic examinations are the two key issues for victims of rape and sexual assault, MSPs have heard. During an evidence session about medical
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People are being urged not to stockpile medicines and not to visit pharmacies if they have symptoms of infection as pressure on the sector increases amid the coronavirus pandemic. Community
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