Three Vietnamese illegal immigrants were each jailed for two years yesterday after helping to run a cannabis factory capable of producing up to £1 million worth of drugs every two months.

A Council has come under attack for asking care providers to bid in an online auction for delivering services.

Day centres for disabled people were closed yesterday as hundreds of social care staff began an indefinite strike over pay and job cuts.

Scotland’s public service ombudsman was wrong to rule that a council was legally obliged to pay for the personal care of an elderly man, a judge ruled today.

A nurse appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering four elderly patients and the attempted murder of a fifth.