Isabel Hunter

3 weeks ago | news.stv.tv | Isabel Hunter |Ewan Petrie

Solicitors WW&J McClure went bust in 2021 with around 20,000 Trusts on its books Thousands of clients believe they were mis-sold legal products intended to make inheritance easier A former employee says there wasn’t the right training in place Families face paying thousands of pounds in legal fees to resolve the issue The firm’s former managing director denies any wrongdoing Thousands of people are suffering trying to untangle their finances after the demise of a Glasgow law firm.

3 weeks ago | news.stv.tv | Isabel Hunter |Ewan Petrie

Solicitors WW&J McClure went bust in 2021 with around 20,000 Trusts on its books Thousands of clients believe they were mis-sold legal products intended to make inheritance easier A former employee says there wasn’t the right training in place Families face paying thousands of pounds in legal fees to resolve the issue The firm’s former managing director denies any wrongdoing A former consultant who worked for scandal-hit solicitors WW&J McClure has spoken publicly for the first time and has...

Dec 3, 2024 | news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew |Isabel Hunter |Kevin Scott

Fawziyah Javed, 31, and her unborn child died when she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds, was found guilty of the murder after a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh Yasmin Javed, Fawziyah’s mother, says her daughter did everything possible to leave her abusive relationship She now wants the Scottish Government to urgently pass a statutory definition of honour-based abuse Last week, she addressed a group of women as part of the UN-backed 16 Days of...

Oct 28, 2024 | news.stv.tv | Ewan Petrie |Isabel Hunter

Behind the bar at Dunfermline Athletic’s East End Park stadium, Angelene Currie is pulling pints for thirsty football fans. It’s not a job she envisaged doing after spending six years training to be a primary school teacher. But at the end of her probation year she found no permanent teaching work was available. “You do all this training and then swept to the side. That’s what it feels like. You’re just forgotten about,” Angelene told STV News.

Oct 6, 2024 | news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew |Isabel Hunter |Kevin Scott

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report says families are being ‘locked into poverty’ by a ‘failing’ social security system It says a lack of action at Holyrood and Westminster is keeping more than one million people in Scotland in poverty Release of charity’s report comes at start of Challenge Poverty week Separate report by Institute of Fiscal Studies says there are currently more than 4.3 million children living in poverty in the UK A lack of action at Holyrood and Westminster is keeping...