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1 week ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Debbie Jackson
Image source, Dalscone FarmImage caption, The foal is now a week old and has been named SolomonA donkey foal at a popular farm park has ended up with two mums after a "one in a million" birth. Staff at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries now have a unique family-of-three after a series of events left the two mothers believing the foal was theirs. Seven days ago, farm owner Ben Best had been cleaning a pen in the morning when he noticed a foal standing between his two pregnant donkeys, Star and Mary.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Debbie Jackson
Donkey has two mums after 'one in a million' birthDebbie JacksonDalscone FarmThe foal is now a week old and has been named SolomonA donkey foal at a popular farm park has ended up with two mums after a "one in a million" birth. Staff at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries now have a unique family-of-three after a series of events left the two mothers believing the foal was theirs.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Debbie Jackson
Brain surgery took my childhood memories - will new op make me forget my fiance? Debbie JacksonWeronika SomervilleWeronika Somerville lost all her childhood memories after brain surgery when she was 14 years oldWhen 14-year-old Weronika Somerville woke up from brain surgery to remove a tumour, she didn't recognise the people in her hospital room. On the way to a post-op scan, a medic started to talk to her.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Debbie Jackson |Morgan Spence
The Royal High School in Edinburgh is installing "screaming" vape detectors in toilets to tackle the problem.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson
Taylor Swift has brought a new global audience to the sport of American football. Swifties can't get enough of seeing their idol in the NFL stands supporting her partner Travis Kelce, but other young women are deeper into the game. One group of women in Lanarkshire don't want to watch the sport from the sidelines though - they want to be on the field. The East Kilbride Pirates are one of only two women's American Football teams in Scotland which compete in the National Women's Football League.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Debbie Jackson
William Brown had never been convicted of a crime and should never have been in prison. The only "offence" the 16-year-old was guilty of was to be born into an unstable life. But the teenager would die behind bars after taking his own life at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in October 2018 - just 48 hours after he had arrived. Few people knew who William was until a fatal accident inquiry began in January into his death and that of Katie Allan, 21.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Aileen Clarke |Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson
A Friday night out in Glasgow - good banter and a live band - was brought to a shocking end when a Police Scotland helicopter dropped out of the sky and onto the roof of the pub. Hundreds of flowers were laid in the street opposite the wreckage of the Clutha bar in the days that followed - and alongside them lay a guitar. Its owner echoed the hopes of a broken-hearted city with the message written on it in bold black marker "may your music, love and laughter live on".
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson
Three women who were raped by the same man say their experience of the justice system was so damaging they would think twice about reporting an attack again. Jennifer McCann, Hannah McLaughlan and Hannah Reid say they have been left "battered and bruised" by the process. And they want to reform the way victims of sex offences are treated in court. The trio were among five women, including Holly Prowse and another who has retained her anonymity, who gave evidence against Doig in court.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson
Image source, Robin GraingerImage caption, Like many performers, comedian Robin Grainger hoped that the Edinburgh Fringe might be a springboard to stardom. That may have looked unlikely when he only sold a single ticket for his show last year - but his decision to go ahead with the gig changed the course of his career. Robin knew the show must go on, so he went out on stage and brought a whole new meaning to the term one-man show. What happened next was the stuff of Fringe folklore.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
petnews2day.com | Daniel Husband |Debbie Jackson |Stuart Nicolson
By Debbie Jackson & Stuart NicolsonBBC Scotland News11 June 2023Image source, Getty ImagesFormer First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has actually been jailed in connection with the continuous examination into the financing and financial resources of the SNP. Police validated a 52-year-old lady was nabbed as a suspect and is being questioned by investigators. It follows the arrest and subsequent release of her spouse, ex-SNP president Peter Murrell, in April.
