Fiona Stalker

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Fiona Stalker

Prisons 'winning battle' against drugs-to-order dronesFiona StalkerBBCGrilles have been fitted onto the windows at HMP PerthScottish prison bosses say a pilot scheme to combat the problem of drones being used to deliver drugs and weapons into jails is helping to dismantle organised crime networks. Drones have become a preferred method of delivery for illegal items ordered by inmates.

4 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Jonathan Geddes |Fiona Stalker

Image source, Jenny WattImage caption, Jenny Watt has run death cafés around Glasgow since 2022Jonathan Geddes and Fiona StalkerFor Jenny Watt, death is a key part of her life. The 31-year-old spends two or three nights a week chatting to people - whether familiar faces or strangers she's met for the first time - about everything connected with death, from working through grief to the ideal song for a funeral.

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jonathan Geddes |Fiona Stalker

'I run cafés where people talk about death - you realise it's not scary'Jonathan Geddes and Fiona StalkerJenny WattJenny Watt has run death cafés around Glasgow since 2022For Jenny Watt, death is a key part of her life. The 31-year-old spends two or three nights a week chatting to people - whether familiar faces or strangers she's met for the first time - about everything connected with death, from working through grief to the ideal song for a funeral.

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mary McCool |Fiona Stalker

Mary McCool & Fiona Stalker - BBC Scotland NewsSeptember 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM·6 min readA charity chief executive has apologised "unreservedly" to rape survivors affected by failings at a support centre in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre came under fire when a review found it had failed to provide women-only spaces for 16 months, and that its CEO - trans woman Mridul Wadhwa - had not acted professionally or understood the limits of her authority.

Jul 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ken Banks |Fiona Stalker

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