An ambitious new strategy outlining a partnership approach to preventing harm caused by alcohol and drug use in our communities, and in supporting recovery from drug and alcohol dependence was launched yesterday.

Aberdeen City Council has tabled radical new plans to move its care services for the elderly into a special trust, it can be revealed.

The First Minister had no answers for the 38,000 social workers facing an uncertain future after the Scottish Government said they would transfer them to the NHS under Government direction.

Child protection services in Dundee have improved dramatically since the death of toddler Brandon Muir in 2008, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Education (HMIE) has found.

Fears have been raised that the cancellation of a £240,000 Highland care contract will lead to the loss of valuable services in the region.

A FORMER senior social worker has admitted defrauding a council of more than £8,000.

An investigation has been launched into allegations that confidential police tapes were found at a Glasgow bus station.

TENS of thousands of council staff across Scotland will transfer to the NHS under a radical plan to look after the elderly which is being announced by ministers today.

There has been a significant fall in the number of serious violent crimes committed by young people in Glasgow, according to the latest figures.

Fife Council has paved the way for the privatisation of all of its residential care homes in what opponents have described as “an affront to democracy.”