Primary school children have helped unveil a new playground memorial dedicated to their former fellow pupil Alesha MacPhail. The youngster from Airdrie, who was murdered while on holiday on the
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Charities have expressed “outrage” at news that around 300 asylum seekers are to be evicted from their current homes. Serco, which provides the housing arrangement in Glasgow, first announced it
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Projects supporting people affected by homelessness are sharing £3 million of lottery funding. Eight new partnerships in Glasgow and Edinburgh have come together to develop the projects. This is part
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A new scientific study marks another step towards understanding the causes of dementia in ex-athletes, according to a former England football captain. Alan Shearer has described the work by researchers
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A care home for older people in Kirkintilloch must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice
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The scrapping of start-date protections under Universal Credit (UC) is “deeply alarming”, the DWP has been told. MSPs have warned thousands of Scots are suffering financially because UC no longer
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New pilot schemes to train frontline workers such as police officers, teachers and health visitors in dealing with trauma have been announced. Three councils – Glasgow, Midlothian, and Argyle and
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Glasgow has one of the strongest cases in Europe for introducing a drug consumption facility in the city centre, it has been suggested. MPs at Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee on
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The Government should look at making failure to immunise children a “criminal offence”, a Labour MP said as the Commons discussed tackling the rise of “vaccine hesitancy”. During a debate
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A judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought by asylum seekers at the centre of an eviction row in Glasgow. Accommodation provider Serco announced plans to issue lock-change notices to
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