MSPs have been urged to ensure domestic abuse victims have access to comprehensive financial and legal advice to prevent them suffering economic abuse even when relationships end. Scottish Women’s Aid
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The Scottish Government should “hang its head in shame” after rock star Sir Rod Stewart stepped in to pay for the autism diagnosis of a child who has waited three
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Justice secretary Angela Constance is to lead a board being set up to help ensure changes recommended after deaths at Polmont Young Offenders Institution are “delivered at pace”. Constance announced
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry’s worship and life events impact hearings began on Tuesday. A pandemic restriction banning cohabiting couples from kissing during wedding ceremonies was “bizarre”, a humanist leader told
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Abortion buffer zones cannot be enforced when clinics are closed, police have said in an email seen by the PA news agency. The legislation – which started as a member’s
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GPs have warned that a massive funding gap must be urgently plugged in order to save the service and the future of the NHS. BMA Scotland said that 17 years
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The mother of Emma Caldwell has said her family have “waited a long time” for closure, after a judge was appointed to chair the inquiry into the investigation of her
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Scotland’s top law officer has instructed the criminal prosecution of a private prison over allegations of failing to manage the medical care of an inmate with Covid-19 who died alone
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A man died after the Scottish Ambulance Service “lost sight” of him for an hour and did nothing to organise treatment after an initial call for help, an inquiry has
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Regional restrictions did not change people’s behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic despite rising numbers in Scotland, a study indicates. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen examined adherence to restrictions including
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