East Lothian MSP and Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray is leading calls for a full public inquiry into the closure of Cockenzie House Nursing Home.

Dr Kate Cavanagh was internationally renowned for her work in the areas of domestic violence and violence against children. She died on November 15, two years after she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

The number of Scots kids in care has soared to a 25-year high. Ministers and council chiefs yesterday admitted the system was failing as it was revealed most youngsters left with few qualifications and little hope of a job.

A teenager has been jailed for swearing and conducting himself in a disorderly manner at a homeless unit in Coatbridge.  Caray Wilson was sent to prison for four months after pleading guilty to committing a breach of the peace at Old School Court – less than two weeks after being granted bail from Airdrie Sheriff Court.

Dumfries and Galloway need to make cuts of £12 million over the next three years to bring the council’s budget out of the red.