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Schoolgirls having to ask staff for period products say they're being 'stripped of dignity'

Zara Stuart claims girls at Woodfarm High School in East Renfrewshire are forced to walk for a long time while bleeding to get items such as tampons and sanitary pads.

Glasgow Live

Teen says female students 'stripped of dignity' after begging school for period products

Zara Stuart, 14, says female pupils at her school have been left "feeling like staff don't care" after they removed sanitary products from their toilets, following vandalism in the boys' lavatories

Daily Mirror

Girls 'stripped of dignity' at Scots school after having to ask staff for period products

Zara Stuart, 14, has told how girls at Woodfarm High in East Renfrewshire say they are being left mortified and scared in case they bleed through their school uniforms.

Daily Record

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'Deeply unsettling' precedent set on abortion rights in new Cabinet, campaign group says

CAMPAIGN group Back Off Scotland have said there is a “deeply unsettling” precedent being set in Liz Truss’s new cabinet when it comes to…

The National (Scotland)

Disappointment as plans thrown out for new chemist in growing Lanarkshire community

NHS Lanarkshire this week refused the application, saying it was 'neither necessary or desirable'

Daily Record

Wait times for follow-up cervical screening tests slammed as 'unacceptable' by Lanarkshire MSP

Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon says local women are being left in 'emotional limbo' during excessive waiting times

Daily Record

Festival delight as hundreds enjoy popular Lanarkshire fun day in the sun

The Hillhouse Festival has been hailed a huge success after many turned out for the event on Saturday

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Praise for 'unsung heroes' running vital Lanarkshire community hub to help locals through cost of living crisis

The Burnbank Community Hub offers food provisions, clothing and signposting to a number of services.

Daily Record

NHS Lanarkshire faces £70m funding black hole as government warned of 'financial catastrophe'

The organisation warned there is a “very high” risk of being unable to maintain essential services while balancing their budget

Daily Record

Scots NHS board faces £70m funding black hole as government warned of 'financial catastrophe'

EXCLUSIVE: A paper seen by the Daily Record shows the full extent of the cash crisis faced by NHS Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

MSPs enjoying cheaper parliament lunches as Nicola Sturgeon blasted over free school meals U-turn

The First Minister is now facing furious criticism after revelations that the parliament spent over £230,000 of taxpayer’s cash in just three months to give cheaper meals to politicians and staff.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire politicians call for Margaret Ferrier to resign after shamed MP pleads guilty to 'inexcusable actions'

The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP pleaded guilty to behaving in a culpable and reckless manner

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP writes to Health Secretary after health board re-entered Code Black status

NHS Lanarkshire declared a Code Black situation in October 2021 and was only stood down to red on May 4. It was placed back into the highest level on July 27.

Daily Record

Over 3500 Lanarkshire kids left on waiting list for autism assessment with one waiting nearly three years to be seen

The significant delays are described as 'unacceptable,' with one parent explaining they're struggling to support her child

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Lanarkshire MSP 'proud' as landmark law to end period poverty comes into force

Labour's Monica Lennon has been campaigning to end period poverty since 2016

The Independent UK

Scotland becomes first country in the world to offer free period products

The legislation was introduced by Labour MSP Monica Lennon

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MP branded Westminster's 'junket queen' over £44k worth of freebies

She has has tens of thousands of pounds worth of hospitality from taxhavens, dictatorships, a gambling firm, bankers and others

Daily Record

Period products law to be introduced in Scotland tomorrow in world first

Labour MSP Monica Lennon called the act a 'beacon of hope' amid the cost of living crisis.

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SNP MP branded 'Junket Queen' after racking up freebie overseas trips worth £44,000

Dr Lisa Cameron has been to Switzerland, Qatar, China, Kenya, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Taiwan, England, San Marina, The United Arab Emirates, Honk Kong, Zambia and The United States on the public purse.

The Independent UK

Period products law to come into force in Scotland

Councils and education providers will be legally required to make free sanitary products available.

Glasgow Live

Scotland to become world's first country to protect right to free period products by law

Scotland will become the first country in the world to protect the right to free period products in law when new legislation comes into force on Monday. The legislation was unanimously backed in the Scottish Parliament in 2020.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP praises local pupils' impressive exam results

Monica Lennon has applauded the efforts of youngsters celebrating their grades this week.

Daily Record

Over 1000 Lanarkshire locals die in poverty as calls made to better support terminally ill people

Marie Curie are calling on governments to take action to support terminally ill people

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP hits out at Wishaw care facility on failure to recognise union

Monica Lennon lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament after the Active Care Group at the Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre officially derecognised GMB Scotland.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSPs team up to back buffer zones around Scotland's abortion clinics

Labour's Monica Lennon as backing Green MSP Gillian Mackay's Private Members Bill on the issue.

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