MENTAL health problems are costing Scotland £10.7 billion a year, according to researchers.

Angus Council has moved to plug a gap in its procedures after a mix-up over a £435,000 order for a fleet of 65 community-care vehicles.

A conference to be held in Aberdeen on Tuesday, May 17, will review the 70 years since the foundation of the first Camphill community and ask if Camphill’s work is as relevant today as it was when Camphill House first opened its doors to children with special needs.

In its latest Quality of Care Review, the Care Commission has revealed that 72 care services in Midlothian achieved grades of 5 (very good) and 6 (excellent) in their latest inspections, while only one service in the region received grades of 1 (unsatisfactory) and 2 (poor).

A HOMELESS charity has revealed it has been forced to close its advice service in the Borders after cash-strapped council chiefs cut its funding.

A NATIONAL care agency is the Scottish Labour Party’s much-touted solution to the coming crisis in care for the elderly, should it win the election in May.

TWO long-established organisations supporting Perthshire people with hearing difficulties have come together.

TWO decades ago, as the morning sun kissed the shores of a Scottish island, a squad of strangers grabbed nine sleepy-eyed youngsters from their beds.

A COUNCIL has cleared its social work department of blame over its role in a case where three children were stabbed to death by their mother.

Family members whose loved one attend an East End care centre gathered in George Square to express fury at the council’s decision to demolish the facility to make way for a Commonwealth Games car park.