A NEW social work service to support family members or friends who take care of youngsters full-time will be launched today.

A SACKED social worker has been branded “appalling” by bosses after sending an email showing shamed pop star Gary Glitter smuggling a child through customs in a Duty Free bag.

Glasgow City Council is calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to rethink controversial changes to benefits for disabled people which it claims will cost the city £700,000 a year.

A protest march is being planned for Fort William amid fears proposals to build five new care homes in the Highlands will be dropped.

The deputy manager of a care home faces the sack after allegedly turning up for work while drunk. The official has been suspended from duty at the council-run Bonnyton House in Busby amid claims that it’s the second time he’s been involved in a drink-related incident.

Moray Council has boosted funding for services provided to older people to cope with increased demand.

Scotland’s system which examines the perpetrator and the victim might be better for handling cases of pre-teen crime writes Douglas Balloch

Aberdeen’s social work chief has praised staff for turning around the city’s community service system less than a year after it was criticised by a sheriff.

A DISABILITY forum which gave advice to Rutherglen and Cambuslang residents has been forced to shut down after funding was withdrawn.

PARENTS in Kirkcaldy have been reassured following a decision to close popular day care services for pre-school children in the town.