HIGHLAND Council appears set to finally bring the axe down on the Assynt Community Care Centre, in Lochinver, in a bid to cut costs.

Male victims of domestic abuse have told MSPs about their experience of abuse, neglect and torture as campaigners brought their concerns to the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee last week.

Councils are preparing to slash services for vulnerable groups as public sector budget cuts begin to bite across Scotland.

DONNA GOODWIN can’t forget the dirty looks from neighbours of the residential unit where she lived and how unwanted it made her feel.

Scottish councils have warned they will be forced to slash key services as they struggle to cut budgets by £270m from April.

A flagship new progressive care centre to serve the people of Mull and Iona moved a step closer today. Argyll and Bute councillors have approved the Council’s contribution of more than £1.2 million towards the long-awaited scheme – £845,444 from the Social Work Capital Programme and £356,000 from the Strategic Housing Fund.

A SCHEME that aims to reduce the likelihood of men convicted of domestic violence from reoffending has won a national award.

Angry parents accused Aberdeen City Council of a lack of interest in disabled people after councillors failed to turn up to a meeting which discussed the axeing of a “vital” support service.

Scotland’s female prison is “in crisis” with most inmates living in unacceptable conditions, according to the first report from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

The electrician responsible for fitting the ventilation shafts in a nursing home where 14 pensioners died in a blaze has told a fatal accident inquiry that he only had “small-scale” experience of installing such systems.