ALCOHOL and drug support group DAPL has won a recommendation to keep providing counselling for drink and drug misuse.

Hundreds of women in Edinburgh have won a multi-million pound equal pay settlement from the city council.

PLANS for new care homes in two Ross-shire communities have taken a major step forward.

AN ABERDEEN care worker has admitted stealing cash from the vulnerable residents she was supposed to be looking after.

TWO care workers have been suspended following an allegation of physical and verbal abuse against an elderly female resident at a specialist home for dementia sufferers in Tweedbank.

The head of Dumfries and Galloway Council has been asked to carry out a full review of social work spending.

CHILDREN in one in five Scottish families live in poverty, campaigners have warned, with fears that number is set to rise.

A 13-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of murdering a foster carer. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with killing Dawn McKenzie in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, on 24 June last year.

Scotland’s national poet Liz Lochhead has written a new poem aimed at encouraging people to sign up to become members of the Children’s Panel.

NHS Education for Scotland and IRISS are looking for case studies about how individuals and organisations across the social services in Scotland create, use and share evidence to inform their provision of support to people.