New school age payment launched to support low-income families in Scotland
Low-income families are now able to apply for a new benefit to help cover the costs of sending a child to school. Applications for the School Age Payment can be
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Home support charities to benefit from £1.2 million social care workforce training
Voluntary organisations across Scotland are benefitting from grants totalling more than £1.2 million which will help social service workers gain qualifications, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) announced today. The
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Study will explore role of head injuries in ex-football and rugby players with dementia
A new scientific study marks another step towards understanding the causes of dementia in ex-athletes, according to a former England football captain. Alan Shearer has described the work by researchers
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Scottish Government urged to ‘pick up pace’ of mental health staff recruitment
The Scottish Government has been urged to “pick up the pace” if it is to meet its target of recruiting 800 mental health staff by 2022. Plans to increase the
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Trio sentenced to 57 years for brutal killing of man found at nature reserve
Two men and a woman have been jailed for the “cold-blooded” killing of a man whose body was found at a nature reserve. Steven Donaldson’s body was discovered in the
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Inquiry finds children in care suffered sexual abuse of ‘utmost depravity’
Some children at homes run by a religious order were subjected to sexual abuse of the “utmost depravity”, an inquiry has found. Residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth
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New legislation in Scotland aims to offer extra protection against FGM
A planned new law in Scotland will give women and children thought to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) more protection. The legislation would enable courts to issue
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Alesha MacPhail’s mother ‘disgusted’ by killer’s appeal against 27-year prison term
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Alesha MacPhail has said she is “disgusted” her killer can appeal against his 27-year prison sentence. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Georgina
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Ministers told lessons must be learned from NHS board’s ‘systemic failure’
The Scottish Government and health board bosses must learn lessons from the “systemic failure of governance” at NHS Tayside, a Holyrood committee said. Members of the Public Audit Committee also
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Detectives welcome rape convictions after teenager duped into taking lift in Fife
Detectives have welcomed the conviction of two men for raping a young woman who got into a car she thought was a taxi after a night out. Driver Abel Muntean
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