Tag: sturgeon

Pelicans, sturgeon and bison on Scottish reintroduction list

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 15, 2015

SCOTLAND should have an entire wildlife park of animals reintroduced - including pelicans, sturgeon, moose and bison - according to a charity. Rewilding Britain, a...

Domestic abuse protection goes national

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - July 1, 2015

WOMEN and men across Scotland who suspect their partner has an abusive background may now have that information disclosed to them, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon...

Funding to support victims of domestic abuse doubled

In Brief

Peter Laing - April 7, 2015

An Edinburgh organisation will be the first to benefit from additional funding to tackle all forms of violence against women and girls in Scotland. The...

Single-bed hospital rooms are “solitary confinement” for patients, medics warn

Scottish News

Guest - February 3, 2013

VULNERABLE hospital patients kept in single rooms are being treated like prisoners in “solitary confinement”, medical experts warned. Health workers said patients are frightened, isolated...

Scots couple first in country to undergo new fertility screening

Lorenzo Dalberto - January 18, 2011

A SCOTTISH couple have become the first in the country to undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis. Lee...

Thousands of operations cancelled every year

Deadline News Journalist - June 20, 2010

By Cara Sulieman MORE THAN 600 operations are cancelled in Scotland a week, with a quarter of them being scrapped by the hospital. NHS Fife chalked...

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