A 20-year-old nursery worker has been arrested and charged in connection with the possession of indecent images of children.

Organisations and individuals working with young people in North and West Edinburgh are invited to CHILDREN 1ST bfriends Open Day this Friday (12 October) .

A NEW dementia research lab is to be set up at Edinburgh University. Dr Iris Oren has been awarded £45,000 by Alzheimer’s Research UK and will carry out groundbreaking research into the causes of dementia.

Plans to put elderly care services in Aberdeen under the control of an ‘arms-length’ company have taken a step forward.

Homeless young people are being failed by a lack of support in overcoming inadequate life skills, compounded by substandard accommodation and isolation, according to a report published by the Equal Opportunities Committee today.

Ministers are being urged to boost support for parents of teenagers in England after the Scottish government pledged to provide information and advice services to all families as part of its new parenting strategy.

Homeless young people are being failed by a lack of support in overcoming inadequate life skills, compounded by substandard accommodation and isolation, according to a report published by the Equal Opportunities Committee today.

A care home worker is to stand trial accused of “wilfully neglecting” an 82-year-old patient.

Homeless young people are being failed by a lack of support in overcoming inadequate life skills, compounded by substandard accommodation and isolation, according to a report published by the Equal Opportunities Committee today.

Councils are to receive more than £1 million to help provide better support for people with autism.