A group of Perthshire residents have won the right to stay in their retirement homes.

A MEAN-MINDED council have cut a £2-a-week payment for people with learning difficulties – after blowing thousands of pounds on globetrotting junkets.

A PRISONER who raped a schoolgirl while on the run was a suitable candidate for an open prison despite a previous conviction for attempted murder and his high risk of reoffending, a report said yesterday.

FAMILIES struggling to cope with disability, bereavement or isolation will be helped by a £300,000 funding boost.

An additional eight million pounds to develop interactive care services for vulnerable people in their own homes was announced today.

A SCOTTISH city council is facing the threat of legal action over controversial plans to axe services to vulnerable and disabled people as part of a £27 million package of budget cuts.

A FAMILY man who had sex with a handicapped girl at a New Year party was jailed for three years today.

A HARD-UP council could be sued for axeing key services for disabled people. Aberdeen City Council’s £27million budget cuts will see funding withdrawn from social work and care organisations.

THE political wrangle over the introduction of new home care charges has been ongoing for months but the final decision has now been made.

THE number of nursery teachers in Scottish state schools has rapidly declined over the past three years, potentially damaging the prospects of many youngsters before they even start formal education.