Helen Puttick

Louise Hayward, whose recommendations were rejected by the education secretary, says other countries are better at preparing children for the real world

Scotland shows steepest rise in problem phone use, according to international study — and most 13-year-old boys are playing computer games every day

A whistleblowing report leaked to The Sunday Times shows that David Gerber was worried staff lacked caution when sending young people for reassignment treatment

Edinburgh’s Stewart’s Melville College and The Mary Erskine School will be fully integrated within two academic years

Beira’s Place and Rape Crisis Scotland warn of a growing number of cases of women being choked during sex, which they blame on violent pornography

Travel to the island has been a hot topic this year, but once you get there, you’ll never run out of things to do

Pasna Sallis wanted to help those with loneliness and mobility issues get dancing again after she saw the effect familiar tunes had on dementia sufferers

A study used artificial intelligence to transform the smiles of volunteers during speed-dating sessions to investigate how this affected their interactions

Twenty bloodsuckers have been born at Highland Wildlife Park as part of a conservation programme to restore populations in Scottish lochs

Neil Gray, the Scottish health secretary, said a third of callers to the 111 phone number could find the information they need from the NHS Inform website