Former health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid Inquiry she will “regret for the rest of her life” care home deaths caused by Scottish Government decision-making. Ms Freeman
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The father of a schoolgirl who killed herself after being bullied said the family has got some answers after the inquest into her death, but added that he is a
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A prison officer who was working at a young offenders institution before the suicide of a 16-year-old boy has described it as a “terrible tragedy” and said he felt “a
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A review of social services and police contact with a nine-year-old boy before he was killed by his mother and stepfather has found he was classed as “safe and well”
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Humza Yousaf offered an “unreserved” apology for the Scottish Government’s “frankly poor” handling of requests from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry for WhatsApp messages to be handed over. The Scottish First
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Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson “a f****** clown” in pandemic WhatsApp messages, an inquiry has heard. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was shown messages between the former Scottish first minister and
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The Scottish Government did not accept Covid-19 was “here to stay”, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday, Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious
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A 90-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school in the 1960s has branded his victims “unhinged” and said they should be investigated
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Scotland’s national clinical director did not retain any informal, one-to-one messages relating to management of the pandemic but denies deleting WhatsApps daily in a “pre-bed ritual”, an inquiry has heard.
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A fatal accident inquiry will be held into the death of an 11-day-old baby at a hospital which faced a police probe. Newborn Sophia Smith died on April 11 2017
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