Dundee City Council has been criticised for “major weaknesses” in identifying children in the city who need protection and for “significant delays” in protecting those at risk of emotional abuse or neglect.

BRANDON MUIR’S father John was “in shock” when he learned that a report on Dundee’s child protection services had highlighted so many major deficiencies, his family said yesterday.

CHILD PROTECTION services in Dundee have been severely criticised in a damning report published today. The report, prepared in the wake of the Brandon Muir case, was compiled by a team of independent assessors led by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education and has raised major concerns over the effectiveness of services to protect vulnerable children in the city and meet their needs.

Aberdeen City Council has defended the appointment of its new social work director in the wake of a damning report on child protection services in Dundee where he is currently employed.

Disturbing evidence that under-5s are not being monitored for mental well-being by statutory services has been highlighted by the Health and Sport Committee in its report published today.

A CONTROVERSIAL care home is being shut down after failing to meet safety standards. Camperdown Care Home in Dundee – which looks after 30 adults with brain trauma, neurological disorders and spinal injuries – was told to improve or risk closure.

Wide variations in the management of high-risk offenders in the community are exposed in a report to be published today.

EMEREGENCY talks were taking place as we went to press yesterday (Thursday) to find a solution to a funding crisis which jeopardises the future of the Bradbury Centre in Bonar Bridge.

An Aberdeen sheriff has demanded answers after a criminal carried out just two-and-half hours of a 280-hour community service order.

A Ross-shire care home is at the centre of a police investigation following the death of an elderly resident. Police confirmed yesterday that inquiries are ongoing at Wyvis House care home, in Station Road, Dingwall.