Social work professor ‘should be sacked’ for defending convicted child abusers
A PROFESSOR of social work who has defended child abusers and ran a care home where a teenage girl was ordered to strip...
‘I don’t defend child abusers. I question the criminal justice system’s responses to believing every claim’
THE Sunday Herald went to the University of Dundee to interview Mark Smith last week, but he was not at his office. We...
Tommy Sheppard rules out deputy leadership bid
SNP MP Tommy Sheppard has dramatically ruled himself out of the race to be the party’s deputy leader.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063623.Tommy_Sheppard_rules_out_deputy_leadership_bid/
SNP Justice Secretary has known about police watchdog whistleblower for nearly a year
JUSTICE Secretary Michael Matheson has been dragged into the row over a whistleblower who made allegations of financial wrongdoing against the Scottish Police...
Scotland still gripped by freezing weather – but end is in sight
A gradual thaw will continue on Sunday.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063651.Scotland_still_gripped_by_freezing_weather_____but_end_is_in_sight/
Round-up of Snowmageddon rescues during the worst of the freezing weather
A heavily pregnant mother in a hilltop cottage and a patient needing dialysis were just some of the people helped.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063659.Round_up_of_Snowmageddon_rescues_during_the_worst_of_the_freezing_weather/
Carers to benefit from £1.5 million fund to help them return to work
Amber Rudd said carers’ struggle to return to work is a “huge loss” to the economy.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063655.Carers_to_benefit_from___1_5_million_fund_to_help_them_return_to_work/
Two more universities to provide teacher training courses
Education Secretary John Swinney announced the move, which is supported with £1.3 million of cash from the Scottish Government.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063656.Two_more_universities_to_provide_teacher_training_courses/
Matt Smith opens up about ‘tough’ injury which ended promising football career
He only became an actor after the injury scuppered his football career.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063667.Matt_Smith_opens_up_about____tough____injury_which_ended_promising_football_career/
GP post empty for two years amid recruitment crisis, Lib Dems claim
Positions at surgeries under direct health board control have lain empty for months in some cases.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16063668.GP_post_empty_for_two_years_amid_recruitment_crisis__Lib_Dems_claim/
