The Scottish Government has begun talks with public bodies and charities as it seeks to amend legislation surrounding its controversial named person scheme. Ministers are pressing ahead with the policy
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More than 500 children have been identified as potential victims of online sexual abuse during a major police investigation. As many as 30 million indecent images were recovered during Police
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Campaigners have won a challenge at the UK’s highest court against the Scottish Government’s proposals to appoint a named person for every child. The scheme was approved by Holyrood as
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The Scottish Government insists controversial new measures to appoint a named person for every child will still go ahead despite the UK’s highest court ruling the legislation at present is
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Royalty, a rock legend and a popular comedian put a smile on the faces of young children as they opened a state-of-the-art cancer unit in Glasgow. The Who frontman and
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Nicola Sturgeon has pledged her government will “clarify” parts of the controversial named person policy after the UK’s highest court ruled the legislation is currently “incompatible” with European human-rights laws.
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A senior judge has been appointed to lead the independent public inquiry into the abuse of children in care, weeks after its previous chair quit following claims she had made
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A health board has been ordered to pay the costs of private treatment after an “unacceptable delay” in arranging a patient’s scan. The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman has told Greater
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Scotland’s care homes are being encouraged to support older people to enjoy and participate in the creative arts. That was the message from the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny
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The number of offenders electronically tagged after being convicted of domestic abuse has soared over the last five years, according to new figures. Statistics revealed in a Scottish Parliament written
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