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Delighted to share some news while I'm on maternity leave - I'm stepping into the role of Health Correspondent with @STVNews.
After years of covering politics, social care & the NHS, I'm excited to lead & have the support of a fantastic, brand new Health team on my return too 🎉
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On #scotnight
🔷 STV News reporter @LauraAlderman_ hears from Scottish women who've become mothers through Danish sperm banks. Can more be done to boost donor numbers here?
🔷 As the Glasgow International Comedy Festival gets underway, the award-winning comedian @rossisacoolguy joins us in the studio
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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🚨 Myself & @STVNews understand a group of Royal Colleges will oppose Holyrood's Assisted Dying Bill over concerns employment protections for doctors who object would need to be removed & added later. The medical workforce has been largely divided or remained neutral until now
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Parents caring for children with dementia feel 'helpless and broken' i.stv.tv/3KRWkkk
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New report finds 'catastrophic failures' in the current system to support youngsters living with the condition.
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'Too little, too late': Inquiry critical of UK and Scottish response to Covid
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On #scotnight
🔷 The scale of Britain's worklessness crisis is laid bare - what's driving it and what can be done to tackle it?
🔷 @JuliaManch joins us from Washington DC to mark a year since Trump's election
🔷 @LauraAlderman_ reports on the growing numbers of young people finding God
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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What are Digital ID cards and how will they work?
Laura Alderman reports: i.stv.tv/4pJtYZg
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On #scotnight
🔷 Is bad behaviour polluting Scottish politics? We hear from the Standards Commission for Scotland & STV's former political editor Bernard Ponsonby
🔷 STV's @LauraAlderman_ explores the risks of 'Sharenting' where parents posting about their kids can lead to identity theft later in life
🔷 We talk to @robertcarlyle_, one of the stars of the new TV drama 'The Hack'
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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It took more than 15 years of living in extreme pain before Britt Gibson from Glasgow was finally diagnosed with the under-recognised womb condition adenomyosis. i.stv.tv/40hS2r0
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Delighted to Share i’ll be on @STVNews tonight chatting about Gynaecology Waiting Times at ruffly 6pm . Thanks goes to @LauraAlderman_ for letting me and woody be a part of it 🫶🩷🐈⬛
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🚨Going to be pretty quiet on here & other work socials for the next few months as I'm currently off exploring South America. 🇧🇷& 🇦🇷 have been absolutely breathtaking so far! See you soon!
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A breast cancer survivor says she faces an 'unending wait' for reconstruction surgery i.stv.tv/3WGgqkn
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Breast cancer survivor Shareen Gault faces a lengthy wait for reconstruction surgery
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Nearly 4,000 shop workers were attacked in Scotland in 2024 amid a “climate of fear” in the retail sector, according to an industry report. i.stv.tv/40FGlts
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Nearly 4,000 shop workers were attacked in Scotland in 2024 amid a “climate of fear” in the retail sector, according to an industry report. i.stv.tv/40FGlts
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Nearly 4,000 shop workers were attacked in Scotland in 2024 amid a 'climate of fear' in the retail sector, according to an industry report.
Laura Alderman has the story. i.stv.tv/40FGlts
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Rise in untrained injectors 'putting lives at risk'
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'Wild West of aesthetics': Rise in untrained injectors 'putting lives at risk'.
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🚨 We’re sad to announce that #StormÉowyn has caused severe damage across our Gardens.
At #Edinburgh, 15 trees have been lost – either uprooted or damaged beyond recovery. This includes the Garden’s tallest tree, the 29-metre Cedrus deodara, planted in 1859 👇
ALT A Cedrus deodara tree with part of its trunk split off. Broken branches surround its base.
ALT An upturned branch which had been broken off its tree by the wind, surrounded by other broken branches. In the background is a damaged tree trunk.