STAFF and users of a Stirling-based mental health charity recently headed to the Scottish Parliament for the launch of the latest phase of an innovative awareness-raising project.

A SCHEME aimed at helping offenders turn their lives round in North Lanarkshire has won one of the UK’s most prestigious national awards.

NORTH Lanarkshire Council have admitted that they stopped using the under-fire Ravens Court Care Home after becoming concerned with the home’s quality of care for the elderly.

A girl who fell to her death from a bridge with a friend was making good progress one week before she was placed in a care home’s secure unit, an inquiry heard.

A teenage girl who fell to her death in an apparent suicide pact had been recommended to stay in a secure unit, a fatal accident inquiry has heard.

An MS specialist nurse post has been created for the Western Isles. The appointment comes as the result of a long campaign to get MS specialist support for those affected by MS living in the Outer Hebrides.

THE row over how drug support services are to be run in Fife has continued after ‘clear the air’ talks appeared to prove futile.

A council has recommended that a class for pupils with severe or profound disabilities be closed temporarily and not permanently as planned.

The two teenagers, both residents at a secure care unit, were seen arm in arm before falling in a ‘very controlled’ manner

Jacqueline Powell stole money from five elderly and vulnerable people in her care over a two-year period.