Decade of Tory austerity has seen child poverty rates in Scotland soar and caused untold damage to our families

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal tour which today kicked off in Scotland during lockdown. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station on Monday morning as they began their whistle-stop tour of the UK, aimed to thank frontline workers of the pandemic.

Covid-19 pandemic to buy sex posted almost 1600 adverts on a classifieds website in Scotland.An investigation found 43 punters looking for street prostitutes, with many hoping to take advantage of “cheap and desperate” women thrown into poverty by coronavirus.Among 1550 men offering to pay for sex were those looking for “single mums” or pregnant women impoverished by the pandemic.There were also depraved requests for “young girls”, “rape play” and “damaged” women.The adverts appeared on

abuse survivor has secured £100,000 in damages after being molested and beaten while in care.The man – known as Victim N – was locked in cupboards, beaten with a stick and sexually abused when he was being looked after as a child by the Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order.He was then moved to council-run Auldhouse Care Home in Glasgow, only to be subjected to worse violence.Victim N, now 58 and living in England, raised a legal action after spending decades coming to terms with what happened.He

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is calling for action as new figures show over 600,000 homes in Scotland are in fuel poverty. Scottish Government figures released on Tuesday show almost one in four, some 613,000 households in Scotland, were in fuel poverty in 2019.

Scottish Labour Party has called on the SNP government to use all its powers to tackle the poverty crisis caused by the covid pandemic.The plea came as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported that 230,000 children are currently living in poverty in Scotland and theAberlour Child Care Trust has recorded a 1000 per cent surge in demand for urgent assistance.Elaine Smith MSP, the Scottish Labour poverty spokeswoman, said the figures should galvanise the Scottish government into action.She said:

Sean Connery’s cause of death has been revealed. The legendary actor, best known for being the first person to portray James Bond in a movie, died earlier this year at age 90 after stepping out of the spotlight many years prior to his death.

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Kate Forbes, the Scottish Finance Secretary, has accused Rishi Sunak of cutting the Scottish government’s capital spending budget while increasing overall spending across the UK.

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struggling families face a bleak Christmas.Angela Boyce, 46, assistant service manager with children’s charity ­Aberlour, admits: “Sometimes we can’t make it better but we can make it a bit less rubbish.”Whether it’s donating toys to a local appeal or giving cash to one of the many charities tackling child poverty, there are lots of things you can do to help spread a bit of festive happiness.Here are some of the many ­community groups, national charities and local appeals seeking your help.Many

poverty “since forever”.And despite their best efforts to get out of the poverty trap, government benefit rules mean any chance they get to improve their lot is snatched away,Sue Harvey, 35, her husband Kev, 36, and their six children Zack, 14, Luke, 13, Kara, 11, Skye, nine, Max, three, and four-month-old Hunter live in a private rented house in Falkirk.They cannot get a council house because the specific needs of their children are not recognised under the system, which says children must

2019.And now filming is underway in Scotland on the second series of multi award-winning BBC Two and BBC Scotland drama, Guilt.A new cast has been confirmed for the next run, including Sara Vickers, Phyllis Logan, Stuart Bowman, Greg McHugh, Ian Pirie, Rochelle Neil and Sandy McDade.They join returning stars Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Emun Elliot.

link.Scottish Tories MSP Annie Wells said: “We’ll support this important Bill and will seek to ensure the SNP Government put resources and funding in place to deliver it in the way it should be.“Nobody should struggle to access vital sanitary products due to poverty.

period products has made Scotland a world-leader and hopes other countries will follow.Her legal plan reaches the final stage of its journey at the Scottish Parliament tonight and is expected to be waived through with cross-party support.Lennon said: "We are in the final miles of a long journey and I am heartened by the support for the Period Products Bill.

bullying" scandal.He infuriated party colleagues north of the border by claiming this week devolution had been a disaster.It left Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross scrambling to undo the damage on the eve of a set-piece speech to activists.And it was seen as a gift to the SNP already riding high in the polls and hoping to push up support for independence.Meanwhile Conservatives have been rocked by setbacks including:Johnson blundered when he was caught out slamming devolution despite Tory