STIRLING and Clackmannanshire Councils are heralding a new way of working for local government in Scotland by running their education and social services jointly.

RUGLONIAN Jim Cameron has called on all workers in the frontline to act as ‘the eyes and ears’ of the community to prevent vulnerable people from being harmed.

SOUTH Lanarkshire Council will spend nearly £5million tackling poverty in the next financial year. However, the final figure will be down by £665,000 from last year due to budget cuts.

A KIRKCALDY voluntary organisation which provides drug and alcohol support for young people is among a number of groups which will see their Council funding cut from this year.

A woman who left a disabled six-year-old outside overnight in the cold has been admonished.      

Children’s charity Aberlour is taking steps to survive the cuts, by Stephen Naysmith

SCOTLAND’S Education Secretary has launched an outspoken attack on the running of one of the country’s leading universities.

An investigation has been launched after four elderly residents died in one week at a care home.

THE creative writing group at Kilmarnock’s Morven Day Services this week celebrated the launch of their glossy booklet ‘I’m Still Me’ – the culmination of six months of hard work.

Talks between Glasgow Council and an accommodation provider over housing hundreds of asylum seekers have broken down over pensions.