A care home in Falkirk must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Southfields care
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Legal reforms will see judges urged to consider community sentences over prison sentences of 12 months or less for vulnerable women. Around 90% of women sent to jail are given
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A council that sends children to foster care hundreds of miles away has apologised after giving incorrect information to an MSP. Highland Council initially suggested it relocated foster children up
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A man who put a toddler in a tumble dryer has been found guilty of the “monstrous” assault of the 13-month-old girl. Thomas Dunn, 25, was looking after the child
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A child abuse inquiry witness has told how he was raped by priests during “satanic” drink-fuelled sex parties. Dave Sharp also described a catalogue of sexual, physical and emotional violence
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Children from the Highlands in foster care are being placed up to 500 miles (805km) away from their birthplace, an investigation has found. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes
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Power to protect women attending abortion clinics should be given to local councils, the Scottish Government has been told. Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has called for stronger protections for
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A former SNP MP who abused her position of trust to embezzle more than £25,600 from pro-independence groups has been jailed for 18 months. Natalie McGarry, 37, spent the money
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Scotland’s social services have been honoured for their outstanding commitment to improving the lives of the people they support at the Scottish Social Services Awards which took place in Edinburgh
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A teenager was given alcohol and raped at a children’s home run by a religious order, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has heard. The witness, who is now in
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