A new plan has been launched to help support people with learning disabilities. There are 26,349 people with learning disabilities in Scotland with only 7% employed and 6.2% in further
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Police have released images of the knife used by a man who raped a woman at knifepoint on wasteland in Fife. The 20-year-old victim was walking along Herriot Crescent and
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A Holyrood committee has agreed to back proposals to extend the use of pre-recorded evidence to child witnesses of domestic abuse. The Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill has been
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Services for children and young people in Moray are improving though there is still more work to be done. It follows an inspection report published in February 2017 which identified
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Drugs to treat a rare form of cancer and prevent infection following a stem cell transplant have been recommended for routine use on the NHS in Scotland. The two drugs
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The Scottish Government should introduce a three-month waiting time target for autism patients, according to the Scottish Conservatives. The party wants an introduction of a target from referral to first
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The world’s leading experts on designing environments for people living with dementia are set to gather in Stirling, Scotland for a major event looking at the latest developments in the
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A major study into the lives of beggars in Edinburgh, described as the first such research conducted in any UK city for 20 years, has been published by Shelter Scotland.
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More than £50 million will be invested to improve access to mental health services for expectant and new mothers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. It is estimated the funding
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It is not fair to accuse local authorities of failing to deliver on a pledge to double free childcare provision ahead of schedule, a Government minister has said. The Scottish
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