JK Rowlinghas resigned as patron of the MS Society Scotland claiming that executives in London are making demands on the Scottish charity that are tearing the organisation apart and changing it “beyond recognition.”

A CHARITY which offers help to children with special needs and their parents is facing closure due to a funding crisis.

A Clydebank care home has had its funding cut after it was slated by inspectors. Clyde Court Care Home was judged as ‘weak’ by the Care Commission Scotland (CCS) in terms of quality of care and support and also in terms of quality of management and leadership.

A Moray addictions service for young people has been invited to join a taskforce set up to deal with under-age drinking.

History suggests curfews have only limited scope for success as they fail to tackle the underlying problems and have the power to exacerbate misapprehension between generations.

Falkirk Council has undertaken a consultation on providing disability adaptations to council houses. Service users, carers and medical and social work staff took part in the consultation exercise.

The local authority said compulsory redundancies would be a last resort after it had looked at voluntary severance and redeployment.

THE FUTURE of the Rose Innes care home in Aberchirder remains unclear, after councillors again delayed a decision on demolishing the property to make way for 13 new low-cost homes.

New supported living flats in Cambuslang have been built to improve the quality of life for residents with learning disabilities.

ALTHOUGH still below the national average, the number of domestic abuse cases reported to police in the Borders nearly doubled in the four years to 2006/07, the latest date for which figures are available.