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News / Tara Fitzpatrick

Tara Fitzpatrick

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Loch Lomond staff face ‘aggressive behaviour’ as thousands of Scots enjoy heatwave
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Glasgow & West

Loch Lomond staff face 'aggressive behaviour' as thousands enjoy heatwave

Disco Buddies helps adults with additional support needs combat loneliness in Lanarkshire
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Glasgow & West

Discos combat loneliness for adults with complex needs

Domestic abuse survivor and former Chris Brown fan blasts singer’s Glasgow gig at Hampden
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Glasgow & West

Domestic abuse survivor and former Chris Brown fan blasts Glasgow gig

First cohort of students graduate from Corseford College in Renfrewshire
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Glasgow & West

Graduates make history at Scotland's first ASN college

Stroke patients rebuild strength with help from therapy dogs at Inverclyde Royal Hospital
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Glasgow & West

Stroke patients rebuild strength with help from therapy dogs

Mum launches café to create jobs for young people with additional support needs in West Dunbartonshire
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Glasgow & West

Mum launches café to create jobs for young people with additional support needs

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

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

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

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

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

'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
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Glasgow & West

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
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Glasgow & West

'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
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Glasgow & West

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

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

'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
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Scotland

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

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Farmer infected with Lyme disease after tick bite sparks urgent warning
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North East & Tayside

'Tick bite left me so ill I couldn't get out of my car'

Glasgow teacher handed two-year teaching ban after parents discover explicit OnlyFans account
Glasgow & West

Teacher handed two-year ban after parents discover explicit OnlyFans account

Schoolboy, 14, dies after being hit by car on A76 bridge
Glasgow & West

Schoolboy, 14, dies after being hit by car on bridge

Two children, four and eight, airlifted to hospital after crash between car and HGV on the A9
Highlands & Islands

Two children airlifted to hospital after crash between car and HGV

Would-be car thief who stabbed owner with screwdriver in Aberdeen dies in jail
North East & Tayside

Would-be car thief who stabbed owner with screwdriver dies in jail

Glasgow teacher who groomed teen and was sexually inappropriate with girls avoids jail
Glasgow & West

Teacher who groomed teen and was sexually inappropriate with girls avoids jail

Scots podcaster James English accused of domestic abuse has trial date set
Glasgow & West

Scots podcaster accused of domestic abuse has trial date set

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‘I was sick with cramps but people didn’t believe the pain was real’
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Glasgow & West

'I was sick with cramps but people didn't believe the pain was real'

Aberdeenshire egg producer doubles capacity as UK consumption tops 13 billion
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North East & Tayside

Egg producer doubles capacity as UK consumption tops 13 billion

Phoenix Spencer-Horn: Man who murdered girlfriend and tried to cover it up jailed for 23 years
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Glasgow & West

Man who murdered girlfriend and tried to cover it up jailed for 23 years

What’s it really like inside UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow?
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What's it really like inside UK's first drug consumption room?

‘Wheeled Piper’: Teen piper with chronic health conditions pours ‘heart and soul’ into debut album Symbolism
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North East & Tayside

'Piping saved my life - now I create music inspired by my journey' 

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Van driver, 23, and dog die following one-vehicle crash in Dumfries and Galloway
Glasgow & West

Van driver, 23, and dog die following one-vehicle crash

JoJo Siwa to perform in Glasgow as part of UK and Ireland tour
Entertainment

JoJo Siwa to perform in Glasgow as part of UK and Ireland tour

Scotland’s airports criticised for rising drop-off fees
Edinburgh & East

Scotland's airports criticised for rising drop-off fees

New images of Argyle Street redesign released as part of Glasgow Avenues project
Glasgow & West

New images of Argyle Street revamp released as part of £120m project

Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games tartan inspired by city’s shipbuilding heritage
Glasgow & West

Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games tartan inspired by city’s shipbuilding heritage

Drone images show aftermath of ‘deliberate’ fire that destroyed building in Kilmarnock
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Glasgow & West

Drone images show aftermath of 'deliberate' fire that destroyed building

Woman rescued from Loch Lomond waterfalls in multi-agency response
Glasgow & West

Woman rescued from Loch Lomond waterfalls in multi-agency response

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Homeowner ordered to remove sunroom and two wood-burning stove chimneys in Glasgow
Glasgow & West

Homeowner ordered to remove sunroom and two wood-burning stove chimneys

Voting age lowered as 16 and 17-year-olds to be allowed to vote in next General Election
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Politics

Sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to vote in next General Election

Fire destroys main stage of Tomorrowland festival days before opening
UK & International

Fire destroys main stage of Tomorrowland festival days before opening

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