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Christine Grahame

NHS staff deserve better pay (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Amid NHS woes and cost-of-living crisis, we can still look towards better times

Former Scottish minister Ash Regan took a stand over the Gender Recognition Act Bill. Picture: Lisa Ferguson The reason for the visit is for the Minister to tour the facility and speak to SSPCA staff about the impact of fireworks on livestock, animals and pet owners, but particularly the impact of firework use around SSPCA rescue centres and the harm that can do to the animals within their care and the work SSPCA staff do with communities surrounding rescue centres across Scotland to raise awareness. The meeting is in the context of the Scottish Government’s Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bill which is currently making its way through parliament. The Bill’s proposals include the introduction of a new power for local authorities to designate firework control zones, where it is not permitted for the public to use fireworks. The SSPCA are keen such zones should cover animal sanctuaries/rescue centres as well as zoos, farmland and natural sites of special scientific interest.

Gender recognition law to be amended for youngsters aged 16 and 17

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