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MSPs concerned over women in jail
The treatment of women with mental health problems by the justice system needs improving, MSPs say.
'Too many women jailed'
Female prison policy criticised
Drink linked to offenders

Dean Hay and Kenny Kinnear Killer 'bitten by prison officer'
A convicted killer received £1,400 compensation after being bitten on the back by a prison officer, it emerges.

Stirling Royal Informary First hospital report published
Scotland's newly-appointed hospital inspectorate publishes its first report since being established earlier this year.

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The UK government urges Scottish public bodies to continue using newspapers for notices, rather than only publishing online.
Mountain conquered by teenager
A 16-year-old boy from Kinross has conquered what has been described as an 'unclimbable' mountain in the Himalayas.
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