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Local person saw girls before jump

Tribute on the Erskine bridge in Renfrewshire, where Niamh Lafferty and Georgia Rowe jumped to their deaths after going missing from a local care home. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod It was shortly after 8.15pm on Sunday that David Bunting first saw the two ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, AMELIA GENTLEMAN, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Oct 2009

Fears over school's swine flu outbreak

More than a quarter of pupils at a Scottish secondary school have called in sick today after an apparent swine flu outbreak. Linlithgow academy in West Lothian has reported an "abnormally high" number of children with flu-like symptoms. The Scottish ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  National Health Service

Troubled lives of two girls who jumped to deaths revealed

The Erskine bridge near Glasgow where the two young women died after they leapt into the Clyde. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Tragic details emerged today of the troubled lives of the two teenage girls who leaped to their deaths from a bridge after ...

From ESTHER ADDLEY, KIRSTY SCOTT, The Observer,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Roy Walker,  Max Clifford

State benefits

In contrast with the proposed closure of some state schools, George Heriot's opened this year with a larger roll than last year In the next few weeks, an action group called Back to School hopes to launch a leafleting campaign outside some of the ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Sep 2009

The Trainspotting generation

Some say that the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's film, together with its humour and attractive lead (Ewan McGregor) gave addiction a gritty, sexy allure. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection Among the many quotable passages in Irvine ...

From AIDA EDEMARIAM, KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Irvine Welsh,  Danny Boyle,  Ewan McGregor,  Margaret Thatcher

Bid to improve disabled access to justice

A survey by charity Capability Scotland found that 42% of disabled people had had direct experience of the justice system. Photograph: David Olivery/Getty Images A unique partnership has been launched between Scotland's legal sector and disability ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Kenny MacAskill

Murray burgers and flags in Dunblane

The weather has not been kind to Dunblane's most visible tribute to Andy Murray. A high banner strung between two poles by the local bowling club has wilted in the heat and humidity, and all that can be seen of the handwritten message "Bowl Them Over, ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Andy Murray

Legislate for smaller classes, pleads Scottish council

The Scottish government has been urged to make smaller class sizes compulsory by law, after a series of successful appeals by parents who have had their children added to classes that schools considered already full. Education officials in Edinburgh ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Fiona Hyslop,  Margaret Smith

Device offers hope to children with communication problems

Scientists have developed a pioneering technology that allows children with communication difficulties to interact more easily with parents and carers, it was announced today. The software system, devised by teams at Aberdeen and Dundee universities ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Jun 2009

No progress on Scottish child poverty for five years

Progress in tackling child poverty in Scotland appears to have stalled, with more than one in five children now living in poverty north of the border, according to a new report published today. The study, by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found there ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  28 May 2009

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