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Laura Alderman

Political Reporter

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Laura is STV News' Political Reporter based in Edinburgh, having previously worked in STV’s Aberdeen newsroom and with ITV News in London. Her work includes reporting on the pressures on Scotland's care sector during Covid-19 and the campaign for increased visiting rights for people in adult care homes.

Water cremations could soon be offered in Scotland as eco-friendly alternative

Edinburgh & East

Water cremations could soon be offered in Scotland as eco-friendly alternative

1 week ago

‘There are just two childminders on Mull – we would have to leave the island without them’

'Without Mull's two childminders, we would have to leave the island'

1 week ago

Businesses on Isle of Mull paying the price as CalMac ferry cancellations see slump in visitor numbers

Ferry cancellations see businesses pay the price amid tourism slump

2 weeks ago

Care worker pay rise a ‘sticking plaster’ over problems faced by sector, Erskine homes chief warns

Scotland

Carer pay rise a 'sticking plaster' over problems faced by sector

3 weeks ago

Covid in care homes: Heartache of pandemic brought to stage in ‘Lizzie on the Fence’ at Edinburgh Fringe

Edinburgh & East

Heartache of care homes during Covid pandemic brought to Fringe

4 weeks ago

Edinburgh Fringe: The queer performers standing firm in the face of discrimination

Edinburgh & East

'I'm facing backlash as a queer performer - I've never felt so lonely'

1 month ago

New mums struggling to meet costs of having baby due to ‘out of control’ pricing

Edinburgh & East

'The price of raising a baby is crazy and has blown out of control'

1 month ago

RUTS Penicuik: Disengaged school pupils ‘thriving’ at technical training centre

Edinburgh & East

Disengaged school pupils 'thriving' at technical training centre

1 month ago

Newly qualified teachers ‘summer from hell’ after staffing cuts leave them out of a job

'I was told I no longer had a job the day before the school holidays'

2 months ago

Care homes in Scotland: Death of Doreen Tilly prompts granddaughter’s plea for care system overhaul

Edinburgh & East

'My gran screamed in pain through the night and care staff never told us'

2 months ago

Egg freezing: The rise of egg freezing among women as fertility experts urge caution

Scotland

'I froze my eggs and I now have a baby - but there are no guarantees'

2 months ago

IVF: Women travelling abroad for IVF amid sperm donor shortage in Scotland

North East & Tayside

Women travelling abroad for IVF amid sperm donor shortage in Scotland

2 months ago

NHS fertility treatment: Women desperate to get pregnant ‘pushed into fertility black market’

Edinburgh & East

Women desperate to get pregnant 'pushed into fertility black market'

3 months ago

Unpaid carers in Scotland: Nurse who left NHS to look after husband on ‘the hardest job in the world’

Scotland

'I was a nurse for decades - it doesn't prepare you for being a carer'

4 months ago

Care home recruitment firm sees demand surge for overseas nurses amid staffing crisis

North East & Tayside

Surge in overseas nurses recruited for care homes amid staffing crisis

4 months ago

Edinburgh artists fight to save studio from closure due to ‘escalating costs’

Edinburgh & East

Artists fighting to save studio from closure due to rising costs

4 months ago

People trapped in conflict-hit Sudan have told STV News they feel they now have ‘no future’

Calls for Ukraine-style hosting programme for Sudanese refugees

5 months ago

Trans rights protesters block ‘biased’ film screening of Adult Human Female at Edinburgh University

Edinburgh & East

Protesters branded 'troublemakers' for blocking 'biased' film screening

5 months ago

Stranded in Sudan: Jennifer McLellan from Islay ‘completely abandoned’ by UK Government

UK & International

Stranded in Sudan: Scot 'completely abandoned' amid fierce clashes

5 months ago

Flight of the Replicator: World War One fighter plane built from scratch in Scotland close to take-off

Edinburgh & East

Flight of the Replicator: Newly-built WWI fighter plane close to take-off

6 months ago

Disabled Edinburgh councillor Kayleigh O’Neill on daily battle to access City Chambers

Edinburgh & East

Disabled councillor's daily battle to navigate 'inaccessible' chambers

6 months ago

Scottish care providers ‘crippled’ as nurses leave for better pay and flexibility with agencies

Scotland

Care providers 'crippled' as nurses lured by agency wages

7 months ago

Gorgie Farm workers take dozens of animals into their homes following charity’s closure

Edinburgh & East

Former farm workers give homes to animals after charity forced to close

8 months ago

Scotland’s care homes ‘paying more than triple normal rate’ for agency nurses amid staffing crisis

Scotland

Care homes 'paying thousands a week' for agency nurses

8 months ago

NHS crisis: Mum dies after two-day wait on A&E trolley at St John’s Hospital in Livingston

Edinburgh & East

Mum dies after two-day wait on A&E trolley as nurse son speaks out

8 months ago

Edinburgh’s Gorgie Farm to close amid rising costs and funding cuts

Edinburgh & East

Beloved Gorgie Farm to close amid rising costs and funding cuts

9 months ago

Health under pressure: Social care services ‘will come to a halt this Christmas’

Politics

Social care services 'will come to a halt this Christmas'

10 months ago

Laura Alderman: A day with ‘burnt out, overworked and undervalued’ ambulance crews in Edinburgh

Insight

'Burnt out, overworked and undervalued' - ambulance crews on frontline

Laura Alderman

Funeral poverty: Cost of dying soars to more than £4,000 for basic send-off in Scotland

Edinburgh & East

Cost of dying soars as families 'pushed into funeral poverty'

10 months ago

Ukraine: Edinburgh hub welcomes 10,000th refugee on day Russia missiles hit Kyiv

Edinburgh & East

Help hub welcomes 10,000th Ukrainian refugee as missiles strike Kyiv

11 months ago

Today's Top Stories

UK’s first drug consumption room gets go-ahead in Glasgow

UK's first drug consumption room gets go-ahead

Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow

Inside the UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow

Five men to stand trial over £6.5m NHS Scotland corruption and bribery

Scotland

Five men to stand trial over £6.5m NHS Scotland corruption and bribery

Scotland striker and Rangers legend Jim Forrest dies aged 79

Sport

Scotland striker and Rangers legend Jim Forrest dies aged 79

Third teenager charged after fire at historic Station Hotel in Ayr

Third teenager charged after fire at historic train station hotel

Former Rangers and Scotland footballer Ally McCoist fined after being caught speeding twice in one day

Rangers legend Ally McCoist caught speeding twice in one day

One of the world’s oldest whiskies discovered behind cellar door at Blair Castle in Perthshire up for auction

North East & Tayside

One of the world's oldest whiskies discovered in castle up for auction

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UK’s first drug consumption room to get go-ahead in Glasgow

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Mountain rescue team callouts surge to highest level on record in Tayside

North East & Tayside

Mountain rescue team callouts surge to highest level on record

Scottish girl, nine, lives out dream of singing on stage with country star Shania Twain at Glasgow’s Hydro

Scots girl, nine, sings on stage with country legend Shania Twain

National Galleries of Edinburgh: Inside new-look Scottish Galleries after £38m renovation

Edinburgh & East

Inside new-look Scottish Galleries after £38m renovation

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Edinburgh & East

Woman fighting for life after crash with cyclist outside Parliament

Plane from Edinburgh bound for Malaga forced to land in Manchester as passenger falls ill

Edinburgh & East

Plane from Edinburgh forced to land in Manchester as passenger falls ill

John Yuill was ‘driving dangerously’ and ‘responsible’ for fatal M9 crash, FAI hears

Edinburgh & East

M9 crash driver 'dangerous' and 'responsible for fatal accident'

Violent rapist Thomas McCartney who held woman over a bridge loses legal bid to cut 12-year jail term

Edinburgh & East

Violent rapist who held woman over a bridge loses bid to cut jail term

Jude Cattell who started tenement fire in Edinburgh which ‘could have killed neighbours’ jailed

Edinburgh & East

Man who started tenement fire which 'could have killed neighbours' jailed

Burning tyre thrown onto Glenrothes road from woodland in ‘reckless act’

Edinburgh & East

Children throw burning tyre onto town road in 'reckless act'

Pulp to play Edinburgh for first time in 20 years at 2023 Hogmanay Concert

Edinburgh & East

Pulp to play Edinburgh for first time in 20 years at Hogmanay Concert

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