Dozens of voluntary-run social groups should be able to stay open thanks to a new transport deal.

The lack of a desk has led to a three-month delay in employing two key child protection workers, it emerged last night.

A SOCIAL worker has been found guilty of 15 counts of serious misconduct after a man he failed to assess as a danger to women was charged with rape.

A FORMAL complaint has been made about the way the council proposed to shut centres for adults with learning disabilities.

The Church of Scotland is throwing its weight behind the Scottish Government’s bid to set a minimum price on alcoholic drinks for the sake of the country’s health.

A DISTRAUGHT dad ram-raided a social work office yesterday after his son was taken into care. The man is said to have snapped after pleading in vain with social workers to reunite him with the boy.

HEALTH and social care priorities in South Lanarkshire for the next three years have been set out in a new joint plan.

ELDERLY residents of a care home near Stirling are facing uncertainty following the announcement it is to close. Manor Hall Care Centre near Doune is to shut within months.

GLASGOW City Council is to cut 600 jobs in a radical cost-cutting exercise aimed at saving £30million.

Planning approval has been given for a £27m mental health centre near the Crichton Hospital in Dumfries.