Man travelled to West Lothian from England to attack child he met on Snapchat
Wayne Phillipson has been jailed for seven years and given an Order for Lifelong Restriction after raping the victim, who was ...
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Man travelled to Scotland to rape 12-year-old girl he met on Snapchat
A sex offender who travelled to Scotland to rape a 12-year-old girl after messaging her on Snapchat has been handed an order for lifelong restriction. Wayne Phillipson was found guilty of attacking ...
Sex offender travelled 150 miles to rape girl
A convicted sex offender who travelled from England to Scotland to rape a young girl has been given a life sentence. Wayne Phillipson, 48, contacted the 12 year-old on Snapchat and later met her in a ...
Parents of non-verbal Inverness girl 'kept in the dark' by Highland Council over incident that saw staff member 'removed' from school
The Highland Council has been accused of "not being transparent" by the parents of a six-year-old girl over refusing to ...
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Does Scotland Really Ban ‘Private Prayer’ in Homes Near Abortion Centers?
Pro-lifers protest outside the Scottish Parliament on Sept. 24, 2024, in Edinburgh, Scotland. A new law in Scotland bans ...
Police in Scotland record almost 3,500 child sex abuse image in five years
Almost half of crimes took place on Snapchat while a quarter took place on Meta sites including Instagram, Facebook and ...
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Linlithgow MSP welcomes report which shows decline in child poverty in Scotland
Linlithgow MSP Fiona Hyslop has welcomed the report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which shows that Scotland is set to see a decline in child poverty. The report forecasts that child poverty ...
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Families With Trans Kids Are Fleeing the U.S.
But claiming asylum in the country is extremely difficult to begin with, and fearing she wouldn’t be able to learn French well enough to obtain a work visa through potential employers, the family ...
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Cats won’t be banned in Scotland, the government confirms
First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded felines a threat to Scotland ... Cats Protection, the U.K.’s biggest cat charity ...
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Investor Protection Act: What It Is and How It Works
Saul Loeb / Getty Images The Investor Protection Act is a component of the broader Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, designed to expand the powers of the ...
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Child poverty in Scotland predicted to fall – but remains well above target
The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland will be the only place in the UK in which child poverty will fall over the ...
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Letters: The Dickensian views that undermined the Named Persons scheme
We will, no doubt, hear that ‘lessons must be learned’ and that there must be better co-ordination on child protection among ... add £30 million annually to Scotland’s economy.