Government pledge further £36m to tackle alcohol misuse
Many more Scots will receive help to tackle their harmful drinking habits this year, as a result of Scottish Government funding to tackle alcohol misuse.
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Many more Scots will receive help to tackle their harmful drinking habits this year, as a result of Scottish Government funding to tackle alcohol misuse.
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A recent survey of accident and emergency units in England and Wales by researchers at Cardiff University brings welcome news that overall levels of serious violence are falling. It is, however, of serious concern that there is a rise in the number of children under 10 years old who are victims of violence.
Read MoreThe new person responsible for delivering adult social care in Cumbria as well as running the county’s libraries, archives, registrars, coroners, Local Links and customer contact services has been appointed by Cumbria County Council.
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Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has been criticised by a High Court judge over comments he made at the time of Sharon Shoesmith’s sacking in 2008.
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‘It’s people, not bricks and mortar’
Charities have joined forces with children’s campaigners to call on the government to introduce a new duty on local authorities to help bring an end to the cycle of homelessness.
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A JUDGE has slammed drug workers for not funding a Yeovil offender’s treatment, against the advice of experts. Daniel Broome, of Newton Road, appeared at Taunton Crown Court on Friday having previously been handed a community order with a drug rehabilitation scheme after being convicted of theft last October.
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The Minister for Children and Early Years today announced the appointment of a new Chair to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. The new Chair is Carole Wilkinson.
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Work will begin next week on the new £6 million Shetland Islands Council office complex at North Ness in Lerwick, due to be completed by March 2012.
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A taskforce has been created to try to break the cycle of crime among prisoners and ex-offenders in Aberdeen.
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Shamed Baby P boss Sharon Shoesmith today failed in her High Court bid to prove that she was unfairly sacked. Mr Justice Foskett said the Government was right to order her dismissal from her £133,000-a-year post at Haringey council after failings that contributed to one of
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