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.

The Care Commission has revealed there are “serious issues” at Alan McLure House in Glenrothes, and the Fife Council-run home has been told to make improvements “as a matter or urgency.”

A NEW state-of-the-art health centre has scooped two prestigious gongs just months after opening its door to patients.

Minister for Public Health and Sport Shona Robison has announced the appointment of the Chair to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.

Aberdeen City Council is to axe 900 jobs next year as it battles for survival in the new age of austerity for the public sector.

John Swinney was last night accused of dodging the tough decisions in his last Budget before next year’s Holyrood elections.