‘Catalogue of failures’ led to man taking his own life, MSP claims
Scotland’s mental health minister is to meet with the family of a man who took his own life after contacting health services eight times in the week before he died.
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University of the West of Scotland’s £110 million Lanarkshire campus opens to students
The University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) new £110 million Lanarkshire campus has opened to students. The site has been completed in a two-year project and includes cutting-edge research
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Dozens join teenagers to hand in 85,000 signature petition amid threat of deporatation
Dozens of school friends joined two teenager brothers to hand in an 85,000-signature petition to the Home Office to prevent their deportation to Pakistan. Somer Umeed Bakhsh, 15, and his
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Nuns among 12 arrested over alleged historic abuse at Lanark orphanage
Nuns are among 12 people arrested over alleged historical abuse at Smyllum Park orphanage. Police Scotland said 11 women and one man, aged between 62 and 85, have been arrested
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Leukaemia treatment research in Glasgow receives £3.1M funding boost
Researchers have been awarded £3.1 million for a pioneering study to help find new treatments for a rare form of blood cancer. Scientists at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of
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Former Celtic FC youth coach jailed for sexually abusing teenager
Former Celtic Football Club youth coach Jim McCafferty has been jailed after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a teenager in what a court heard he had regarded as a “bit
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Rape counselling service lost funding ‘as it did not do enough for men’
A woman-focused rape counselling service has lost its funding because it did not do enough for men, according to its manager. Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis’s face-to-face counselling service for
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Council to carry out assessments in asylum seeker lock changes row
Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has agreed to allow Glasgow City Council to individually assess all asylum seekers embroiled in a lock change row. Ms Nokes (pictured) met council leader Susan
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Serco halting lock changes ‘only temporary relief for asylum seekers’
Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has insisted the Home Office’s “cruel” immigration policy requires an “injection of humanity”. Mr Yousaf, who was promoted to the role in June, hit out as
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Orphan granted leave to remain in UK as Home Office deportation threat lifted
A 10-year-old orphan facing deportation just months after the death of his mother has been granted leave to remain in the UK. Giorgi Kakava has been told he will be
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