Councillors in Aberdeen have approved new rules to protect children from being placed with foster carers or adopters who smoke.

A COMPANY has withdrawn controversial plans to build a 60-bed private care home for the elderly at Fort William.

A five-year project to upgrade a council-run care home in Fort William has been approved.

Social work chiefs in Fife underlined their commitment to tackling the challenges ahead as the region’s consultation on the future of care homes came to an end.

A PROBE has been launched into a care home where five staff have been suspended. Its future is under threat after inspectors described facilities and management there as “weak”.

The PVG Scheme is to go live on 28 February 2011, Children’s Minister, Adam Ingram announced on 12th January 2011.

Vulnerable children in Dundee are at direct risk of sexual exploitation, a leading charity has claimed.

Leading Scottish Children’s Charity –  Aberlour Child Care Trust – has asked for Scotland’s decision makers to approach the vital issue of how we address autism in a more joined up way.

A £2 million major refurbishment of Fort William’s Invernevis House care home will be given the green light next week, the Lochaber News can reveal.

A 94-year-old woman was left bedridden and hungry because her carer failed to turn up. Anne Clark relies on high dependancy care from Cordia.