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Còrr is trì bliadhna air ais, bha trì bailtean san Ungair bho thuil.  Bhris balla Loch Kolontár anns an robh sgudail bho chompanaidh aluminium, a’ fàgail mu mhillean meatair ceàrnagach de pholl ruadh puinnseanta a’ taomadh às.  Rinn an tuil sgrios.  Chaill deichnear am beatha agus chaidh 150 duine a ghoirteachadh, tòrr dhiù air an losgadh leis a’ pholl alkaline.   Chaidh ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ dhan sgìre son faighinn a-mach ciamar a chaidh dèiligeadh ris na thachair.

Over three years ago, a town and two villages in Hungary were flooded. The wall of the Kolontár Reservoir burst and about one million cubic metres of red toxic sludge poured out, with devastating results.  Ten people lost their lives and around 150 were injured.  ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ reports on how the area has recovered.

Ann an 2011, dh’fhoillsich Barnardos na h-Alba athchuinge, agus iarrtas aca son rannsachadh air mar a ghabhas dèiligeadh ri brath drabasta air cloinn. Tha suidheachaidhean drabasta cloinne ainmeil air a’ chùis a thoirt gu aire a’ mhòr-shluaigh anns na bliadhnaichean mu dheireadh. Saoil a-rèist a bheil gu leòr dha dhèanamh ann an Alba son clann ann an suidheachaidhean dhan t-seòrsa sa a dhìon? Tha Anne Lundon ag aithris.

In 2011, Barnado’s Scotland published a petition requesting research into how child exploitation is dealt with. Prominent child abuse cases have brought the matter to public attention in the past few years. Is enough therefore being done in Scotland to save children from these situations?  Anne Lundon reports.