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  • 3 days ago | news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill

    A cash boost of up to £24m has been hailed by the deputy first minister as “one of the most significant public investments in our port infrastructure in decades”. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is providing the funding to Kishorn Port, near Strathcarron in the west Highlands, to develop its capacity.

  • 4 days ago | news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill

    Talking to passengers and daydreaming are bigger causes of distracted driving mistakes than using a phone, a new survey suggests. The RAC, which commissioned the poll, warned that distractions can have “catastrophic consequences”. More than three out of five (63%) of the 2,691 UK drivers surveyed said they have made mistakes behind the wheel because they were distracted.

  • 4 days ago | news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill

    A ten-year-old child was among 91 cases of under-18s found by police to be in possession of a bladed weapon last year. The new figures, which come in the wake of the deaths of teenagers Amen Teklay and Kayden Moy, have prompted concerns of a “youth violence epidemic”. The two teenagers both died after allegedly being stabbed in separate incidents this year.

  • 5 days ago | news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill

    At least one in four children are living in poverty after housing costs across a third of Scotland’s Westminster constituencies, new figures show. Analysis from Loughborough University reveals that two-thirds of MPs across the UK represent areas where child poverty affects at least one in four children.

  • 6 days ago | news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill

    Single-use vapes will no longer be stocked or sold in Scotland under new legislation that has come into force. The UK-wide ban has been introduced to prevent the environmental damage disposable vapes cause and to cut their use among young people in line with government ambitions to create a tobacco-free generation by 2034. The crackdown on the devices makes it illegal for any retailer, ranging from corner shops to supermarkets, to sell them.

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