RESIDENTS of Glasgow are being asked how offenders should pay back communities affected by crime.

RESIDENTS of Glasgow are being asked how offenders should pay back communities affected by crime.

The governor of Scotland’s biggest jail has claimed many prisoners are mentally unwell and should be in hospital rather than prison.

Britain’s most vulnerable children are routinely sent to live in care homes on the same street as hostels for sex offenders and violent criminals, the Children’s Minister disclosed last night.

Sentencing of an Edinburgh man who raped and killed a pensioner has been delayed after a judge criticised a social work report.

The Shetland Islands Council has appointed Sally Shaw, executive manager of adult services, as interim director of community care.

THE number of homeless people in Scotland has fallen by around a fifth in the past year, according to government figures.

A progress report is to be delivered on steps taken to tackle health and safety failings found during an audit of Dumfries and Galloway social services.

AN ELDERLY resident at a Scottish care home may have gone a month without having a bath or a shower, according to a damning report by the industry watchdog.

AN investment of more than £8 million is to be used to help stop children going into care and improve support for young families.