The sentencing of a Scottish rugby star who admitted pushing, hurling abuse at, and tracking his girlfriend has been postponed. Rufus McLean, 22, was expected to be sentenced at Edinburgh
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A housing association has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 64-year-old woman in its care. Shirley Breeze choked after her
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More than 1,300 children in Scotland experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings called Childline for help in a year, figures show. The NSPCC data reveals Childline counsellors delivered 1,345 of these
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The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is embarking on the second phase of a major campaign to recruit new registered childminders in urban and rural areas to help establish childminding places
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A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years.
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Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for
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Scotland’s health secretary has said the recovery of the NHS after its toughest winter ever could take years. Speaking to STV’s Scotland Tonight, Humza Yousaf said he still believed he
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A new report has found a “wide variation” in the healthcare provided to people in police custody – with concerns raised that this could be leading to officers making decisions
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A transgender woman convicted of raping two women while she was a man was enrolled on a college beauty course involving spray tan sessions while facing charges, it has emerged.
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A transgender woman convicted of raping two women is being moved to a male prison, hours after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she would not be held in Scotland’s only
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