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"As the chief constable says, the rise in non-crime mental health related callouts isn’t because people are making spurious calls to the police,...
John Swinney has become leader of the SNP after nominations closed on Monday without anybody else putting themselves forward for the role. A...
Less than a week after the press conference to announce his decision to end the Bute House agreement, Humza Yousaf returned to the podium on Monday to...
The World Health Organisation puts sunbed use in the same risk category as smoking and asbestos. Yet we still see these cancer-causing venues on...
The World Health Organisation puts sunbed use in the same risk category as smoking and asbestos. Yet we still see these cancer-causing venues on...
Does the Scottish Government’s new hate crime legislation mean the end of free speech? Or is it a necessary step to protect vulnerable minority...
First Minister Humza Yousaf has said the next UK general election should be used as an opportunity to make Scotland “Tory-free”. In a speech in...
Sometimes it’s really important to take a step back and reflect upon how truly weird the UK is. Unless you have been living under a rock for the...
It has been reported that a Scottish convicted paedophile exploited a name-change loophole and gained direct access to school children. Until...
The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said she is open to speaking to the mother of one of her daughter’s killers. Scarlett Jenkinson and...
What was your pre-bed ritual during the pandemic? For some, it might have involved checking the news to see whether restrictions had been lifted or...
The Post Office Horizon scandal has rightly been described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history. Last week, Scotland Yard announced it...
Grief is an emotion like no other. It is unpredictable and ever-changing. We sometimes speak about the five stages of grief as though it is a process...
Courier readers back the ban on pavement parking, with the majority of those who took part in our online survey saying they supported the new plan....
What would you do if you saw a woman stealing baby formula from a big supermarket? What would you do if you saw a young man shoplifting an electrical...
What would you do if you saw a woman stealing baby formula from a big supermarket? What would you do if you saw a young man shoplifting an electrical...
The 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign which runs from the November 25 up until International Human Rights Day....
There is a corner of my living-room that has been plagued with damp and mould for over a year. The paint is peeling and cracked. I’ve got a...
During the pandemic, I was a guest on a BBC news panel show via Zoom. We were discussing the Scottish Government’s handling of the pandemic and...
New research published last week confirmed one of my biggest parenting worries. A study by Girlguiding found girls have much lower levels of...
For me, and all the other residents of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, it feels very much as though our area is the centre of the political universe...
In an interview last week, Kate Forbes spoke movingly and with commendable honesty about how she suffered post-natal depression after the birth of her...
If the commentary around the Russell Brand allegations feels very familiar, that’s because it is. Every time we see a high profile man accused of...