Angus Council has suspended four employees in the wake of the death of a 74-year-old woman.

A SCOTTISH local authority has been criticised for scrapping free private nursery places for children in a controversial cost-saving move.

Almost £1 million is being provided to allow 3,500 carers respite from the “stressful demands” of looking after someone close to them.

A former Royal Marine who has been appointed to lead Scotland’s major military veterans’ charity out of recent financial and administrative difficulties, has insisted the organisation “needs to move with the times”.

Haddington Infant School Nursery got top marks from inspectors from Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.

A MAJOR conference staged to examine the treatment of dementia in the Borders heard criticism of some local GPs who are being accused of dragging their feet when it comes to diagnosing the disease.

JUST 12 babies were adopted by new families in Scotland last year, despite hundreds being in care. Child-care experts have blamed the situation on red tape, branding the system “slow and bureaucratic”.

CARE watchdogs are to ban council bosses from placing vulnerable teens at an under-fire residential school.

The classroom erupts with laughter at the suggestion of making a smoothie out of onions, garlic and cabbages.

A children’s day care manager who embezzled almost £4000 worth of fees paid by parents has been told she will never work in social services again.