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Tara Fitzpatrick

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Needle bins installed near Glasgow drug consumption room after ‘dumping ground’ concerns

Needle bins installed near drug consumption room after 'dumping ground' concerns

Teachers say underfunding of additional support needs in Scottish education is failing pupils

Teachers at 'breaking point' as ASN crisis overwhelms Scottish classrooms

Salen Pier on Isle of Mull gets visit from the Waverley after renovation project

'Labour of love': Renovated island pier gets visit from the Waverley

Argyll businesses worry over summer diversions at the Rest and be Thankful on the A83

Rest and Be Thankful? Not for businesses facing summer road chaos

Mum calls for lower bowel cancer screening age after daughter dies at age 32

'If bowel cancer was caught in time, my daughter might still be here'

People in Glasgow say safe drug consumption room has caused rise in crime

'Streets are a dumping ground due to drug consumption room'

‘My son wouldn’t have gone into care if I’d had more support’

'My son wouldn't have gone into care if I'd had more support'

Vehicle breakdowns caused by potholes increased by nearly a fifth in 12 months

'Drivers left in tears' as pothole breakdowns 'getting worse'

Completition date for Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns delayed for second time

Completition date for 'transformative' £22m road delayed for at least a year

Mum slams North Lanarkshire Council over ‘unacceptable’ ASN system

Mum slams council's 'unacceptable' ASN system amid fears for vulnerable daughter

Council launch public consultation on taxi and private hire license cap in Glasgow

Should there be a cap on the number of taxis operating in Glasgow?

Ticket levy could save Glasgow’s grassroots music venues, say campaigners

Could a ticket levy save Glasgow's grassroots music scene?

Costs, policies and changing habits pose existential threat to Scotland’s grassroots music venues

Rising costs and changing habits pose existential threat to grassroots music venues

Clydebank community launch rescue bid of 97-year-old Dalmuir Golf Course

Community launch bid to rescue 97-year-old golf course

NHS Forth Valley axe autism assessment team with almost 900 on waiting list

Edinburgh & East

NHS board axes autism assessment team with almost 900 on waiting list

Calls for UK Home Office to lift ban on work for asylum seekers

'Skills being wasted': Calls to lift ban on work for asylum seekers

Inside the crumbling Tusk Nightclub in Glasgow as restoration bid launched

Inside the crumbling Tusk Nightclub as restoration bid launched

Calls for more Scottish Government funding for Esol English classes in Glasgow as thousands on waiting lists

'More funding needed' as thousands on waiting lists for English lessons

Team fight to save The Tower in Helensburgh from closure

Cultural hotspot fights for survival as community seeks ownership

Cumbernauld Theatre at risk of closure after Creative Scotland funding bid rejected

Theatre at risk of closure after funding bid rejected

Thousands face gruelling waiting list for ADHD diagnosis on NHS in Scotland

Diagnosing ADHD: 'I've been looking for these answers my whole life'

Scotland Tonight: Scotland’s arts sector faces existential crisis as funding cuts threaten survival

Scotland's arts sector faces existential crisis as funding cuts threaten survival

Scotland Tonight: Fast fashion ‘major problem’ as textile recyclers overwhelmed with discarded clothes

Fast fashion 'major problem' as textile recyclers overwhelmed with discarded clothes

Scotland Tonight: Only 5% of spiking reports received by Police Scotland referred to Crown Office in last year

Only 5% of spiking reports received by police referred to Crown in last year

Scotland Tonight: Golspie community battles to save Highland village from coastal erosion and climate change

Highlands & Islands

Highland community battling to save village from the sea

Making a Big Noise: Charity spreads the power of music across Scotland

Making a Big Noise: Charity spreads the power of music across Scotland

Former Glasgow gang member warns social media is causing rise in violence

'Carrying a knife was like a comfort blanket to me'

Mother of boy murdered in unprovoked attack in North Lanarkshire says knife crime appears to be getting worse

Youth Violence

'I’m glad I don’t have any more kids, I wouldn't let them out to play'

Young people combat stereotypes in unique photo exhibit at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove

Young people invite audiences to 'See Me' in unique photo exhibit

Motorcyclist rushed to hospital after serious crash with car in Mallaig

Highlands & Islands

Motorcyclist rushed to hospital after serious crash with car

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Police cordon off path near Edinburgh footbridge amid ongoing investigation

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Police cordon off path near footbridge amid ongoing investigation

Drugs trafficker caught smuggling £1m worth of cannabis into Scotland

Drugs trafficker caught smuggling £1m worth of cannabis into Scotland

Man who supplied fireworks thrown at police during Bonfire Night disorder convicted

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Man who supplied fireworks thrown at police during Bonfire Night disorder convicted

Labour win shows how far SNP still has to go to rebuild trust with voters

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