Scottish adults buy a quarter more alcohol than the rest of Britain, according to an NHS study. The extra intake equated to about two more pints of beer or two glasses of wine a week, compared to other Britons.

A student described by prosecutors as one of Scotland’s most dangerous sexual predators has been given a lifelong restriction order.

Concerns over the decision by the NSPCC to break with more than 100 years of convention and look to move into Scotland have come under fresh scrutiny from one of the Scottish charitable sector’s most respected figures.

DUNDEE’S deputy provost has called for an urgent review into how the city’s key organisations support people considering suicide.

The Scottish Government has sent a letter to directors of social work and residential child care providers (see letter below) in relation to the registration of the residential child care workforce with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

POLITICAL pressure was growing last night for an inquiry into the handling of an alleged child abuse case in which a judge criticised the training and methods of the lead social worker and police.

A SOCIAL work boss has quit in disgrace after seducing a vulnerable woman in his care.

DISABLED people who yearn to use computers and other technology in their own homes to increase their independence are being left isolated because they cannot afford the equipment.

MILLIONS of pounds intended to help disabled children has “disappeared” into council funding pots rather than being spent on support and services, Scotland on Sunday has learned.

A Dundee pensioners’ leader today slammed a “secretive” decision to close ahead of schedule a city hospital ward that cares for elderly people (writes Marjory Inglis, medical reporter).