Official figures show 50% rise in hate crimes against disabled people
REPORTED hate crimes against disabled people have risen by more than 50 per cent in the last year. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16294497.Official_figures_show_50__rise_in_hate_crimes_against_disabled_people/
Edinburgh teenager given all-clear after £340,000 cancer surgery
A 14-year-old girl, who has battled cancer three times, has been given the all-clear following a life-changing £340,000 surgery. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16294244.Edinburgh_teenager_given_all-clear_after___340_000_cancer_surgery/
Comradeship can never be underestimated
Scotland’s largest membership charity for veterans is seeking more volunteers to help tackle isolation and loneliness among the Armed Forces community. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16291701.Comradeship_can_never_be_underestimated/
Honeybees deployed to ‘sniff out’ landmines
THEY are usually found bumbling around from flower to flower, their concerns chiefly revolving around the collecting of pollen and the making of...
Inside Scotland’s ‘sterile corridor’ providing world-beating forensics
TOM Nelson works with the police. But not for them. And his keycard proves it. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16291970.Inside_Scotland___s____sterile_corridor____providing_world-beating_forensics/
NHS funding ‘must come from extra, or higher’ taxes say researchers, as 70th anniversary nears
EXTRA money for the NHS “will have to come from new, or higher, taxes”, researchers have said, as the health service approaches its...
Call for review after MSPs warmly welcome ‘racist, fascist Nazi’ to Holyrood
A FAR-RIGHT Ukrainian politician who once founded a fascist party styled on Hitler’s Nazis was applauded by unwitting MSPs in the Scottish Parliament....
Revealed: Scots suffers two bank branch closures ever week for four years
BANK branches have closed at a rate of two a week in Scotland over the last four years bringing fresh concerns about how...
Kenny MacAskill: SNP’s long-overdue show of defiance to a parliament that disrespects us
WITH one bound Ian Blackford shook up the House of Commons and shook off the respectability that was suffocating the SNP. It’s been...
Auditors slam Government’s flagship benefit Universal Credit
THE Government’s flagship Universal Credit benefit could end up costing more than the benefits system it is replacing, according to a damning report...
