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Care worker struck off after murdering wife at North Berwick home on New Year’s Day
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Care worker who murdered wife in New Year's Day knife attack struck off

Aberdeenshire care home worker struck off after stealing £1,140 from vulnerable resident and employer Bredero
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Care home worker struck off after stealing £800 from resident

Social care worker in Glasgow struck off after abusing vulnerable man and making racial and sectarian slurs
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Care worker abused vulnerable man in his home and uttered racial and sectarian slurs

Families struggling as one in five Highland children grow up in poverty
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Families struggling as one in five Highland children grow up in poverty

Social worker from Kilmarnock avoids strike-off after ‘sexually harassing’ three female colleagues
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Social worker avoids strike-off after 'sexually harassing' colleagues

Parents plea for respite centres to stay open across Edinburgh and the Lothians
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'This is a lifeline for families': Parents plea for respite centres to stay open

Concerns over shortage of foster places in Western Isles
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Concerns over shortage of foster places in Western Isles

Edinburgh care worker given warning after repeatedly using racist slur
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Care worker given warning after repeatedly using racist slur

Scotland set to miss 2030 child poverty targets, IFS report says
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Scotland set to miss 2030 child poverty targets, IFS report says

Nine in ten adults concerned about risk of child abuse in Scotland
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Nine in ten adults concerned about risk of child abuse in Scotland

Care home resident choked to death after being given wrong dinner
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Care home resident choked to death after being given wrong dinner

Care worker struck off after slapping nursing home resident with slipper
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Care worker struck off after slapping nursing home resident with slipper

MSPs reject Assisted Dying Bill after emotionally charged Holyrood debate
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MSPs reject Assisted Dying Bill after emotionally charged Holyrood debate

MSPs set for historic vote on whether to legalise assisted dying in Scotland
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MSPs set for historic vote on whether to legalise assisted dying in Scotland

Parents sound alarm over safeguarding risks and staffing at Inverness ASN school
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Parents sound alarm over safeguarding risks and staffing at ASN school

Displaced workers scheme could create 30,000 hours of social care each month
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Displaced workers scheme could create 30,000 hours of social care each month

Former Greens co-leader Lorna Slater speaks about her father’s assisted death in Canada
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'My father's death was beautiful, that's how I would like to go'

Paisley support worker who inappropriately touched colleague ‘blamed actions on her outfit’ 
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Support worker who inappropriately touched colleague 'blamed actions on her outfit' 

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