Selena Jackson
Reporter at STV News
🎥 Longform Reporter @ScotlandTonight @STVNews 📧 [email protected] 🎙️ Previously @Clyde1News
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1 week ago |
news.stv.tv | Christina O'Neill |Selena Jackson
It’s a debate that’s gathered pace across the UK over the past year; should terminally ill adults have a choice over whether to end their own lives, with the help of doctors? MPs have already supported a proposal to introduce a change in the law in England and Wales. And next week, MSPs will have their say. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Scotland Bill, introduced by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, aims to give terminally ill patients the right to choose a medically assisted death.
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3 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Selena Jackson
It’s nearly lunchtime and HMP Perth is bustling. Many prisoners are heading back to their halls after spending the morning in classes and workshops, but a small group are continuing their work in the kitchen. These prisoners are taking part in a ten-week long course, run by hospitality firm Greene King, to train them to work in a professional kitchen. One of these men, Andy, from Liverpool, is serving more than five-and-a-half years in Perth for a crime he committed in Scotland.
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4 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Selena Jackson
MS is an incurable neurological condition that affects more than 17,000 people in Scotland It happens when the immune system attacks the coating around the nerves – that often leads to muscle spasms, pain, and weakness The disease disproportionately affects women and often develops between the ages of 20 and 40 Scientists at the University of Edinburgh are using zebrafish to study how MS damages the protective coating around nerves, known as myelin.
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1 month ago |
news.stv.tv | Selena Jackson
Most people will know her as one of the first winners of The Traitors – and now, Meryl Williams has carved out a career for herself as a social media influencer and disability campaigner. But the 28-year-old from Edinburgh says she still faces discrimination every day and believes there’s a long way to go in tackling prejudice against dwarfism. Meryl was born in South Africa in 1996.
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1 month ago |
news.stv.tv | Selena Jackson
Football is a huge part of Jon Attenborough’s life. He fell in love with the game as a child after being introduced to Dundee United by his dad and brother. But Jon’s experience of matchday is very different from most people inside the stadium. He was born with two rare eye conditions and his sight gradually deteriorated over time. “It was around 2015 that I had to start using a mobility aid,” Jon told Scotland Tonight.
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As MSPs prepare to vote on assisted dying legislation, we've been speaking to people on both sides of the debate, about what matters to them at the end of life.
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