Children in care die at twice the rate of others. Why are so few of their deaths reviewed?
A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.
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Edinburgh University students 'interrogated' by police over Palestine posters
Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to complain.
These Scottish beaches were officially rated ‘excellent’. But they were polluted with human and animal waste
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Footage of trout being clubbed and slaughtered prompts complaint to regulator
Footage of farmed trout suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator.