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Half of mothers have cut working hours due to childcare costs, survey suggests

Save the Children is calling on the Government to introduce a grants-based scheme to cover upfront childcare costs.

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Famous West Lothian nightclub torn down to make way for nursing home

A right of passage for most folk in West Lothian, it’s also been known as Zen and Melvilles over the years before the space was most recently used for church meetings.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 10, 2023

London children’s hospice faces energy bill increase of £140,000

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices says ‘hundreds of nights of respite care’ could be cut

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023

INMO calls for immediate action as 30 children confirmed among hundreds on trolleys

613 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning

Irish Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Scottish businesses invited to share views on parental employment

Parliamentary committee seeks to follow up visits to meet parents and employers across the country

Insider UK · Mar 9, 2023

Nearly a fifth of NHS staff want to quit as soon as they find another job, survey finds

Findings lay bare the extent of dissatisfaction among NHS workers over pay amid a wave of industrial action

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2023

Woman, 98, with 230 great-great-grandchildren meets her great-great-great-grandchild

MaeDell Taylor Hawkins, who married her first husband at 16 when he was 50, has more than 600 descendants and has released an incredible photo of six different generations of women in her family

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

End of an era as famous West Lothian nightclub pulled down

Club Earth - also knows as Zen and Melvilles - will make way for a new nursing home

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2023

Lanarkshire groups can continue to help residents thanks to grants from lottery community funds

A total of 22 organisations were selected to receive grants totalling £351,261

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2023

Moment hero Edinburgh bus driver stops to help struggling man across the road

The heart-warming incident was captured by a passenger on the service 26 after the man realised he was heading in the wrong direction. The driver got out and aided him to the correct bus stop

Edinburgh Live · Mar 9, 2023