The tiny Orkney island of South Ronaldsay became the centre of a worldwide media storm in 1991 when nine children were removed from four families following allegations of satanic sexual

UK data privacy watchdogs have fined Aberdeen City Council £100,000 after a council employee published vulnerable children’s details online. The sensitive social services information was released after a council worker

MINISTERS have indicated that they will introduce a Scottish version of a law which allows women to find out if a new partner has a history of domestic violence. A

A man has been charged in connection with alleged abuse at a former Catholic boarding school in the Highlands. Police Scotland said an 80-year-old, from the east Highland area, had

An Angus woman has said she feels she has been left in limbo over the council’s changes to its services for the blind. Wilma Robertson, 76, of Forfar, has been

A Tayside child care worker who brandished a piece of wood at a young person with learning difficulties showed “a fundamental disregard for the safety and wellbeing of service users.”

Drug-related deaths in Scotland have fallen slightly, but the figure is the second-highest on record, according to the latest official figures. There were 581 deaths in 2012 – three fewer

An expert group set up to review the use of methadone to treat heroin addicts in Scotland is to publish its recommendations. The group was asked by the Scottish government

NHS Highland has apologised for failing to give proper care and treatment to a patient with dementia. The man, who has not been named, was admitted to Raigmore Hospital in