Drugs minister Elena Whitham has said she will be “robust” in her fight to secure adequate funding for her portfolio. Scotland has been struggling with record high drug deaths in
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People with long Covid were “not believed” and had “no place to go” for support, an umbrella body for health and social care has told an inquiry. Sara Redmond, chief
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A £2 million village for recovering addicts is to be built in Dundee. The charity Social Bite has copied its model already in use in Edinburgh to support homeless people
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A senior Tory MSP has spoken about how his mother died alone and “without family contact” in a care home during the Covid pandemic. Murdo Fraser (pictured) questioned if strict
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Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she has “nothing to hide” under questioning about her WhatsApps, as 14,000 messages are set to be disclosed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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A woman who lost her partner to Covid has hit out at UK Government officials who held illegal lockdown parties, saying there was a “culture of contempt for the ordinary
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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s legal team has said it believes the “majority” of WhatsApp messages shared among Scottish Government officials during the pandemic “have not been retained”. As part of
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A man has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years after being found guilty of the “beyond sadistic” murder of his girlfriend. The “broken and lifeless body” of young
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Women and children were among the worst affected by the Covid pandemic – and many youngsters saw their childhood “blighted”, an inquiry has heard. On day two of the Scottish
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Scotland’s minister for Children and Young People has announced six locations which will be used as test sites for a child protection service. Natalie Don, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire North
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