Angus Council leader Bob Myles has said that education and social work staff are “living in a cocoon” if they expect to be spared from the swingeing job cuts announced on Monday.

A LOCHABER councillor is demanding a decision on the future of a Lochaber care home which he says has become a “political football”.

YMCA Glasgow has changed its name and rebranded with the help of Freight Design and Matthews Marketing.

Scotland’s only respite centre for those affected by multiple sclerosis has been given a reprieve at the 11th hour.

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.