Rebecca Curran

Glasgow

Broadcast Journalist and Presenter, The Nine at BBC

Journalist and Presenter at BBC

Journalist. Presenter. Proud Aberdonian. Loves reading, writing and reporting. If you have a story [email protected]

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Violence against Aberdeen teachers up 25% in one year

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Rebecca Curran |Ken Banks

Violence against Aberdeen teachers up 25% in one yearRebecca Curran and Ken BanksPA MediaReports of violent incidents are on the riseViolence against teachers in Aberdeen schools has risen by 25% in the past year, according to figures seen by BBC Scotland News. An action plan designed to tackle the issue was drafted by Aberdeen City Council in March last year.
Are Pre-Nuptial Agreements Binding in The Family Courts in England and Wales?

Oct 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Rebecca Curran

Since the landmark case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42, ‘the court should give effect to a Nuptial Agreement that that is freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the parties to their agreement’.
Taking Children on Holiday After Separation

Jul 23, 2024 | lexology.com | Rebecca Curran

With the school summer holidays fast approaching, many people will be preparing to go abroad for a family holiday. In addition to packing bags and checking passports, it is important to ensure that you have the necessary permission in place to take your child out of the jurisdiction of England and Wales. Everyone with Parental Responsibility for a child should consent to the child travelling abroad.
Divorce Portal Error Grants Divorces Within First Year of Marriage

Jul 9, 2024 | lexology.com | Rebecca Curran

In 2019 an online portal for divorce applications was introduced as part of the previous government’s £1 billion reform of the Court system. Anecdotally, there continues to be widespread support among legal professionals for the idea of digitising legal services in order to improve efficiency and access to justice. However, developing a straightforward online system that accurately reflects the law has proved challenging.
Here Be Livestreams: Trade-offs in Creating Temporal Maps of Reddit

May 21, 2024 | dl.acm.org | Rebecca Curran |Ryan McGrady |Virginia Partridge |Jasmine Mangat

David Arthur and Sergei Vassilvitskii. 2007. K-Means++: The Advantages of Careful Seeding. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 1027–1035.Google ScholarUtkucan Balci, Chen Ling, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Megan Squire, Gianluca Stringhini, and Jeremy Blackburn. 2023. Beyond Fish and Bicycles: Exploring the Varieties of Online Women’s Ideological Spaces. In Proceedings of the 15th ACM Web Science Conference 2023. 43–54.
Safety plea over co-sleeping baby deaths figures

Jan 25, 2024 | news.nestia.com | Rebecca Curran

Image caption, Baby Fern died at just seven weeks old- her mother has urged parents to be fully aware of the safety advice By Rebecca Curran BBC Scotland reporter Parents are being urged to heed advice on co-sleeping with babies after new infant death figures were released. BBC News has learned that more than a quarter of infant deaths in Scotland last year involved co-sleeping. The NHS no longer tells parents never to bedshare with their babies but focuses advice on doing so more safely.
Safety plea over co-sleeping baby deaths figures

Jan 25, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Rebecca Curran

Parents are being urged to heed advice on co-sleeping with babies after new infant death figures were released. BBC News has learned that more than a quarter of infant deaths in Scotland last year involved co-sleeping. The NHS no longer tells parents never to bedshare with their babies but focuses advice on doing so more safely. Solicitor general, Ruth Charteris KC, said the figures suggested some babies were dying in "high-risk" co-sleeping situations.
Brenda Page murder: The killer who thought he was too clever to be caught

Jan 18, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Rebecca Curran |Ken BanksBbc Scotland |Ken Banks

A man who evaded justice for more than 40 years after murdering his ex-wife thought he was "too clever" to be caught, according to a detective who helped finally secure his conviction. Christopher Harrisson killed 32-year-old Brenda Page in Aberdeen in 1978, a year after the couple were divorced. Det Insp James Callander said Harrisson thought he had got away with it - but implicated himself in an interview. He was found guilty of Ms Page's murder 45 years after the killing.
Dialing for Videos: A Random Sample of YouTube

Dec 20, 2023 | journalqd.org | Kevin Zheng |Rebecca Curran |Jason Baumgartner |Ryan McGrady

Abstract YouTube is one of the largest, most important communication platforms in the world, but while there is a great deal of research about the site, many of its fundamental characteristics remain unknown. To better understand YouTube as a whole, we created a random sample of videos using a new method.
Bells for patients waiting in hospital corridors

Dec 18, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Curran |Ken Banks

Hospital patients left to wait in corridors at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary will be given bells to attract the attention of medical staff. NHS Grampian admitted the policy - which is part of plan to free up ambulances queuing outside A&E - put patients at higher risk. But they said people at home waiting for an ambulance to arrive were at an even higher risk. The union Unison called for the plan to be put on hold and warned it would lead to more patients waiting in corridors.