THE application to build a 30-bed residential care home in Ascog will be decided at a public hearing in Rothesay.

One in five gay and lesbian people believe they are likely to be treated worse than heterosexuals when applying for social housing, according to new research.

The suicide of two teenage girls who jumped to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge left a care home struggling to survive, an employment tribunal has been told.

A TOTAL of 21 social work centres and offices are to be shut down by the City of Edinburgh Council, with thousands of staff allowed to work from home in a bid to save £18 million.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has been working in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland to help develop their new online qualification search tool  — the VQ Finder.

There has been a failed attempt to prevent any Dundee councillor from attending a conference.

THERE were 74 children in Angus on the Child Protection Register in March – a drop of 18 on the previous year, Angus Council social work and health committee heard at their meeting on Thursday.

AN ELDERLY woman with dementia was locked for between two and three hours in a storage area known as “the attic” in a Dundee care home, a hearing was told yesterday.

A series of health and safety failings has been uncovered during an audit of Dumfries and Galloway social services.

Highland Council has awarded the contract for home-based respite services to an Edinburgh charity