Neil Lennon has helped launch a new football mental health project to encourage middle-aged men to open up. The Hibernian head coach, who has previously spoken out about his own
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Ruth Davidson and the Scottish Conservatives have come under fire over the “abhorrent rape clause” one year after the controversial welfare reform was brought in. SNP and Labour politicians urged
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Cuts to local authority budgets mean councils are spending £137 a year less per head on average, new analysis shows. Figures from the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre, commissioned by Labour,
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The Scottish Government is to use new welfare powers to introduce an income supplement as part of a range of measures to tackle child poverty. Communities Secretary Angela Constance announced
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Two of Scotland’s leading disability charities are joining together in a move they say will protect and grow frontline social care services across Scotland. ENABLE Scotland and Sense Scotland have
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A new GP contract aimed at cutting the workload of family doctors comes into force today. The British Medical Association (BMA), which drew up the contract with the Scottish Government,
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The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader will run more than 100 miles in three days to raise money for a mental health charity. Willie Rennie is running the 117-mile length of
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The shortlist for the 2018 Scottish Social Services Awards has been announced today. The awards attracted over 100 applications nationwide representing a diverse mix of social services that have made
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A “recruitment crisis” in neurology is affecting patient care, MSPs have heard. Professor Malcolm Macleod, clinical lead for neurology at NHS Forth Valley, said use of locums caused “chaos”. Giving
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An attempt to grant a man acquitted of rape anonymity in a civil case brought by his alleged victim has been rejected. Stephen Coxen, from Bury in Lancashire, is being
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