The need for legislation to improve palliative care services has been questioned in a new Scottish Parliament committee report.

A married couple has been convicted of a string of physical assaults at a children’s home in the 1970s and 1980s.

Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has told the home secretary to reopen negotiations with Glasgow Council over an £11 million contract to house asylum seekers.

AN agreement has been reached between Clackman-nanshire and Stirling Councils to share provision of two key services in the wake of public funding cuts.
 

Child protection services in Dundee have improved significantly since the tragic case of Brandon Muir, the 23-month-old toddler who died at the hands of his mother’s violent boyfriend, a conference in the Caird Hall was told.

A MENTAL health nurse has cut re-offending in HALF among prisoners with learning disabilities.

BASW Scotland has condemned moves by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to terminate its accommodation contract for asylum seekers with Glasgow City Council over a cost row.

THE scale of the £90 million-plus cuts facing Glasgow in the next two years is unveiled today in what the council’s leadership describe as “the hardest budget we have ever faced”.

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of two teenage girls who jumped from the Erskine Bridge.

A man wrongly called a murderer has forced a change in the law to make it easier for Scots to sue for defamation.