Scotland’s Children’s Minister has called for more people to consider becoming foster carers. Maree Todd spoke out at the start of Foster Care Fortnight, a UK-wide annual awareness-raising campaign run
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Employers are being urged to do more to tackle mental health issues at work after studies warned of lost productivity and a reluctance to discuss problems. Reports were published to
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A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman who has not been seen for 12 days. Emma Faulds, 39, was last seen at about 9.10pm
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The chair of a taskforce looking into how to improve mental health care for children and young people has left the post. Dr Dame Denise Coia (pictured) said she had
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Two rogue police officers have been jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations at a “crisis-hit” unit. Former detective constables Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, forged documents, concealed evidence
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Police closed the case of a “frightened” 19-year-old woman who had repeatedly reported her stalker without properly investigating before she was murdered, a disciplinary hearing has been told. Shana Grice
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A disabled man in his 20s has been given the go-ahead to marry after telling a judge in a specialist court how he wants a chance to prove that he
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A High Court judge has praised the tireless “coalface work” carried out by social workers on behalf of vulnerable children, despite funding issues. Mr Justice Williams, who is based in
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Online hate crime against disabled people has increased by a third in the past few years, a new study suggests. Incidents picked up by the police may just be the
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A discovery by Belfast academics could “revolutionise” treatment for patients with some cardiovascular diseases. Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and King’s College London have developed technology that can produce large
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