Tara Fitzpatrick
Journalist at STV News
Journalist: @ScotlandTonight @STVNews 🎥📝 Former newspaper reporter and occasional arts writer 📰 ☕ (she/her) [email protected]
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1 week ago |
news.stv.tv | Tara Fitzpatrick
A charity providing elderly people with support, including weekly shopping deliveries, say they are “heartbroken“ after Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership withdrew its annual funding. Food Train says it was left with no option but to stop operations in the area, leaving more than 150 elderly people without access to services. Renfrewshire’s Health and Social Care Partnership say “current financial challenges have meant facing “difficult choices”.
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1 week ago |
news.stv.tv | Beth Franklin |Tara Fitzpatrick
A Glasgow mother has said her son wouldn’t have had to go into foster care if she had been given the right support. Sharon Graham’s son was taken into care 15 years ago after she began struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. “I was struggling emotionally, and it became clear that I wasn’t coping with everything that was going on,” she said.
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2 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Tara Fitzpatrick
Action to tackle alcohol deaths is not going far enough – that’s the warning from 72 organisations calling on urgent commitments from the Scottish Government before next year’s elections. It comes as the country’s alcohol deaths stand at a 15-year high with charities saying a downward trend from the Covid pandemic has led to a ‘point of crisis’.
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2 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Tara Fitzpatrick
Vehicle breakdowns directly caused by potholes are on the rise. Figures from the RAC show incidents increased by nearly a fifth in 12 months. The average cost of repairing anything more than a puncture is now £460, and garages say they are “inundated” with calls from frustrated drivers. STV News has been out on the streets of Glasgow, finding out more.
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2 weeks ago |
news.stv.tv | Tara Fitzpatrick |Calum Loudon
From a daily annoyance to a threat to life, potholes are one of the most common concerns facing drivers in Scotland. The RAC has recorded a 19% increase in callouts related to poor road surfaces compared to last year with local garages say the cost to customers is piling up. Potholes are often formed when water freezes and expands after entering cracks in road surfaces. Common vehicle problems caused by potholes include damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels.
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