Former rugby international Kenny Logan has talked of the struggle he faced with dyslexia and praised a new programme which helps people with learning disabilities.

A retired art teacher has left a massive £4 million to charities across Scotland. Sheila Mair, 88, asked for the cash to be split between four causes close to her heart.

A nurse who stole silver and antiques from an elderly couple she was looking after has been told she will stay out of jail if she behaves herself.

A couple who worked at the former care home in Jersey at the centre of child abuse allegations have said they will help police with their inquiries.

Tom and Morag Jordan, from Kirriemuir in Angus, were house parents at Haut de la Garenne from 1971 to 1984.

They said they noticed nothing untoward during their time at the home and stressed they had “nothing to hide”.

Officers are searching the property for human remains after the discovery of a child’s skull on Saturday. Some 160 people have now come forward claiming they were the victims of abuse at the home.

The inquiry into the allegations stretches over 40 years.

THE ruling administration of Aberdeen City Council was yesterday accused of acting like “Nazis” following the decision to axe vital funding for a factory which employs blind and disabled workers.

MEDICAL staff who use ultrasound equipment need more help to avoid injury as demand for the scans grows, one of the Scottish pioneers of the technology said yesterday.

Aberdeen City Council has been branded “cruel and inept” amid fears that a factory which employs disabled workers will have to close.

The future of accident and emergency services in the West of Scotland was finally and officially settled yesterday ending years of uncertainty.

A local authority is pulling out of an out-of-hours social work service led by a neighbouring council, deeming it poor value for money after inspectors warned it must improve.

South Lanarkshire Council has given notice it will withdraw from the West of Scotland standby service and provide its own emergency cover.

Glasgow City Council operates the standby service and last year was told by the Social Work Inspection Agency the service had serious limitations.

Most local authorities work in partnership to provide out of hours care.

The Glasgow-led West of Scotland service covers 13 councils, Edinburgh delivers a service for the three other Lothian councils, Dundee leads for Perth and Kinross and Angus, while Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire also work together.

A new service has been launched in three north-east towns to help cancer sufferers cope with the practical and financial implications of the disease.