A care home for older people in Bathgate must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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A man living with Parkinson’s disease has said he was left to crawl through airport security on his hands and knees after his flight was cancelled and he ran out
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A Scottish charity is celebrating a milestone with more than 1.5 million children being provided meals at school. Mary’s Meals began in 2002 after being founded in a shed in
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has announced that it will hold hearings into abuse allegations in boarding schools next year. Chairwoman Lady Smith urged anyone with evidence to get in
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A man who paid to watch children being sexually abused in the Philippines via livestream has been jailed for nine years. Prosecutors said Matthew Bell (pictured) is the first person
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Fostering and adoption services in Scotland are continuing to perform well, the Care Inspectorate has said. A new report published this week shows that 90% of Fostering services and 95%
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A former boarding school pupil has told how he “can’t explain” why the smell of toast makes him feel affectionate towards a priest who would strip and beat him. The
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The finalists of the eighth annual Scotland’s Dementia Awards have been announced. The awards, which are a partnership between Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Social services
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A man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years each for murdering a vulnerable woman, who they should have been caring
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A couple convicted of murdering a vulnerable woman for whom they claimed to be carers will return to court for sentencing. Margaret Fleming, who had learning difficulties, vanished “from the
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