The grandmother of Brandon Muir, the Dundee toddler battered to death by his mother’s heroin addict boyfriend, has bitterly attacked the ten-year jail term handed down yesterday to killer Robert Cunningham.

Community nursing in Scotland could face a staffing crisis in the next decade unless action is taken now, according to a report released on Wednesday.

How often does your boss launch a campaign to tell the world how great you are? Not often enough? As of this week, Scotland’s social workers can maybe feel just a little bit more loved as the body representing their bosses begins a year-long bid to change public perceptions of the beleaguered profession.

Research carried out by the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) has revealed differing perceptions about the range of social work services on offer in Scotland depending on personal experience.

A PERTHSHIRE residential home has revealed ambitious expansion plans in a bid to ensure it meets national care standards.

A DISABLED dad who waited nearly five years for a housing revamp is to be awarded £5,000 in compensation from the council.

Leaders of the trade union Unison complained there were “too few resources to match too many children at risk”.

Vulnerable children leaving the care system in Scotland experience inadequate support despite new procedures put in place by local authorities, according to a new report.

DOMESTIC abuse and itseffects topped the agenda at a Lanarkshire conference. The event saw over 250 representatives from North and South Lanarkshire councils, Strathclyde Police, NHS Lanarkshire and the Scottish Prison Service, voluntary organisations and other partners come together to share knowledge and to look at the multi-agency approach to the issues of domestic abuse in the local community.

A convener is being sought to oversee three newly formed Adult Protection Committees in Grampian and provide a consistent approach to the care and support of adults at risk of harm in the north-east of Scotland.