Scots charity helps aid workers build furniture for children with cerebral palsy in Africa out of flour, water and card
A charity is teaching Africans how to make papier mache furniture for children with cerebral palsy.
Sight tests scrapped for blind people claiming lifeline benefit
Blind people will no longer be asked to read letters from an eye chart to get a lifeline benefit.
Sandwiches at Scots hospital supplied by food firm linked to death of five patients
A Scottish hospital was supplied with sandwiches from a catering company linked to a listeria outbreak in England which has left five people dead.
Catholic Church urged to do more to protect children as review group calls for better support for victims of abuse
The Catholic Church must do more to protect children from abuse in Scotland, a review group has recommended.
Minister: Historical child abuse survivors’ compensation to be tax free
Survivors of historical child abuse will pay no tax on compensation payments.
The Killers in Picassos: Prison guards warn lives are at risk on Scotland’s roads as violent inmates get carried in ordinary cars
Some of the country’s most dangerous criminals are being ferried around Scotland in family cars, we can reveal.
Too little, too secret: Critics accuse Celtic after chief executive breaks silence on Boys’ Club abuse scandal
Celtic’s chief executive has dismissed criticism in the wake of the Boys’ Club abuse scandal as “unfair and misguided”.
Minister fears flood of fake news will put quality journalism at risk
Quality journalism is under threat from a flood of fake news online, Scotland’s culture minister warned yesterday.
Chief’s choice to probe Firing Squad scandal under scrutiny
The English police force asked to investigate claims of potentially criminal chaos and cover-up at Scotland’s undercover unit ordered its closure, according to legal papers.
Every organ in our bodies is being damaged by poisonous fumes from air pollution, according to experts
Every organ in the body is damaged by air pollution, according to a major new study.
Revealed: Probe into cover-up at Scots elite crime-fighting agency did not interview whistleblower
Police ordered to probe a whistleblower’s claims of cover-up at an elite crime-fighting agency did not interview the whistleblower, we can reveal.