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The film pieces together possible links between five Belfast children who went missing from 1969 to 1974 and a network of paedophiles operating in the city – apparently with the full knowledge of the security forces ....
Dónal Lavery. Before his exposure, Morris Fraser was the ‘Celebrity Doctor’ of his era who had featured in programmes by NBC News about the conflict in the North of Ireland as well as BBC Songs of Praise in 1977, after having been convicted in court for child molestation against a young boy in London on 17May 1972. Aptly, this happened just yards away from the Houses of Parliament and in one of the most metropolitan and expensive locations in London, and yet no media outlet reported on it at all at that time. In fact, there was a concentrated effort to ensure that not only would Doctor Fraser be given a trial in secret, contrary to media convention, but that the Police would manage the accompanying disgrace this involved by failing to even so much as forward the certification of the conviction to Fraser’s National Health Service employer in May 1972 while knowing in full that he had been employed by the Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority to the post of Senior Re ....
SCOTLAND’S Drugs Policy Minister is to give evidence at a one-off evidence session at Holyrood today. Angela Constance was appointed in December after the National Records of Scotland (NRS) reported the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland increased by 6%, from 1187 in 2018 to 1264 in 2019, the highest number since records began in 1996. The Health and Sport Committee will hold a one-off evidence session with the minister today. Lewis Macdonald, convener, said: “The shocking number of drug-related deaths in Scotland is a national tragedy and we welcome the Scottish Government appointing a dedicated minister to tackle this issue. “We want to find out what specific actions will be taken to reduce the number of drug deaths and how support and rehabilitation services will be used to make sure drug users can receive the support they need.” ....
There were 1,264 drug deaths in Scotland in 2019 (Chris Young/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Minister for Drugs Policy is to give evidence at a one-off evidence session at Holyrood. Angela Constance was appointed in December after the National Records of Scotland (NRS) reported the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland increased by 6%, from 1,187 in 2018 to 1,264 in 2019, the highest number since records began in 1996. The Health and Sport Committee will hold a one-off evidence session with the Minister on Tuesday. ....