A £7 million global research initiative aimed at cutting deaths from lung disease has been launched. Researchers aim to reduce the death toll from lung conditions as well as mitigating
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A child abuser has been jailed after carrying out a “sickening” catalogue of offences across a decade. Thomas Nelson raped and sexually assaulted four children, beginning in the 1990s. The
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A new care home based in Cramond, North-West Edinburgh will bring 90 jobs to the city following its opening this winter. Due to open in January 2018, Cramond Residence will
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A woman facing deportation to Nigeria has won a reprieve after Prime Minister Theresa May was told her three-year-old daughter faced female genital mutilation if they were returned. A decision
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A domestic abuse victim whose daughter faces genital mutilation if deported has yet to receive answers from the UK Government, MPs have heard. The SNP’s Hannah Bardell raised the case
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Theresa May has been urged to intervene to stop a domestic abuse victim’s family being deported, amid genital mutilation fears for the woman’s daughter. SNP MP Hannah Bardell described the
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A man has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting blind children while he was a schoolboy. From the age of 12, David Penman sexually assaulted numerous pupils at the
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Former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir has revealed he is battling motor neurone disease (MND). The 46-year-old said he decided to announce his diagnosis to raise awareness of the condition.
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The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC) have issued a call for posters for their annual conference taking place in Edinburgh this September. If you are you involved in an
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Substantial improvements are required in some health and social work services for older people in Edinburgh, following a joint inspection of services in the city carried out by the Care
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