Sharon Frew
Chief Reporter at STV News
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2 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
A landmark proposal to legalise assisted dying in Scotland is a “matter of conscience” and individual MSPs should be free to vote as they choose on the matter, a Holyrood committee has said. The vote next month will be the third time the Scottish Parliament has considered the move, which would allow adults with a terminal illness to seek help to end their life.
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3 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
Scotland’s top law officer has instructed the criminal prosecution of the country’s only private jail over alleged failures to manage the medical care of a prisoner with Covid, who died alone in his cell in HMP Addiewell. The family of Calum Inglis, who have campaigned for an investigation, say the decision gives them hope of justice. It’s the first prosecution of a private prison and also the first relating to a Covid death in any setting.
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3 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
From parishes to the Scottish Parliament, prayers and tributes to Pope Francis have continued on Tuesday as preparations for his funeral begin. Pilgrims from across the world are set to travel to Rome to join religious leaders and politicians to pay their respects before the service on Saturday. Here in Scotland, Pope Francis has been remembered as a man of humility, with an unshakeable faith in the goodness of people.
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3 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
Across Scotland prayers and tributes to Pope Francis have continued as preparations for his funeral get under way. The 88-year-old died on Easter Monday at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, less than a day after making a brief appearance at Easter Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square where he blessed thousands of people. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936, Francis ushered in a new era of leadership in the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected Pope in 2013.
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1 month ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
STV News can reveal seven young cardiac patients were given just a tenth of the pain relief they should have received following open heart surgery last summer at Scotland’s largest children’s hospital. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has admitted the error was made repeatedly, and involved youngsters operated on in the same theatre on six different days. On Friday, they reiterated an apology to the patients and parents affected.
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