Highland councillors claimed yesterday the revamped care-at-home service is still failing those in need.

THE care home saga continued with further uncertainty about the position of the vice chairman of the Council’s social work committee – while the chairman survived a vote of no confidence.

FAMILIES who rely on the lifeline services provided by Cambuslang Community Carers and Rutherglen (CCCR) have made a desperate appeal to save the organisation.

RUTHERGLEN and Cambuslang’s 12 local councillors have reacted with anger to suggestions they sold Cambuslang Community Carers and Rutherglen down the river.

A child supervision order did not reach Edinburgh social workers until after Theresa Riggi had killed her three children.

Councillors in the north and north-east predicted homelessness will get worse as Scottish Government housing cuts kick in.

National voluntary organisations are being invited to bid for a share of a new £6.8 million fund, designed to help improve children’s lives.

THERE have been calls for an investigation after it emerged Lothian youngsters on the child protection register have been rushed to hospital 498 times in the past two years.

A COUNCILLOR at the centre of a storm over his comments about a nine-year-old alleged rape victim has been sacked from several political posts and suspended by the Labour Party.

A Labour bid to oust Fife’s social work chairman from his position has been dismissed by the region’s SNP/Lib Dem administration as nothing more than a political stunt.