Bogus carers jailed for life for murdering missing vulnerable woman
A man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years each for murdering a vulnerable woman, who they should have been caring
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Carers convicted of murdering vulnerable woman to return to court for sentencing
A couple convicted of murdering a vulnerable woman for whom they claimed to be carers will return to court for sentencing. Margaret Fleming, who had learning difficulties, vanished “from the
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Religious order admits ‘framework’ allowed abuse of children in care
A religious order that ran a childcare home in Fife has admitted the institution had a “framework” which allowed abuse to take place. The comments came during closing statements in
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Drug policy reform urged as Scotland records highest death rate in all Europe
Politicians and medics are calling for an urgent overhaul of drug policy after new figures indicated Scotland’s drugs deaths are at their worst level since records began, with the highest
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Blood scandal inquiry judge hails ‘dignity, courage and resilience’ of witnesses
Witnesses who have been “infected and affected” by the contaminated scandal have shown “impressive dignity, courage and resilience”, the inquiry chair has said. At the conclusion of the two-week hearing
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Ten-month-old boy dies after choking on food at Edinburgh nursery
A baby has died after choking on food at nursery. The 10-month-old boy was being cared for at Bright Horizons Nursery in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, on Tuesday when the incident happened.
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Hospital records of patient with hepatitis ‘lost or destroyed’, inquiry hears
“Lost or destroyed” hospital records of a patient believed to have been infected with hepatitis C during an operation prevented him from receiving compensation, an inquiry has heard. A groin
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Complaints about care in Scotland have risen nearly 20% in past four years
A new report has revealed that the volume of complaints received by the Care Inspectorate has increased from 4,089 received in 2015/16 to 4,940 in 2018/19. However, the Care Inspectorate
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Inquiry hears woman was given ‘death sentence’ from HIV-infected kidney transplant
An organ donor who was infected with HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion after a fatal crash passed on the virus to all the recipients of his donated kidneys, heart
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Woman given infected blood after miscarriage among latest witnesses at Inquiry
A former police officer, a care worker who almost took her own life and the widow of a man whose HIV was kept secret from them both have told an
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