Record numbers of Scottish youngsters are being referred to the Children’s Reporter due to “bad parenting”, with a huge rise in sexual offences and cases of neglect.

Too many vulnerable children are being let down by the care system with half leaving school without any Standard Grades, the Scottish Government admitted yesterday.

Carers across Moray are to receive better means of support after councillors pledged to deliver a revised strategy and action plan.

A children’s charity has called on the Scottish Government to investigate care and protection services nationwide after new figures revealing a record number of referrals also showed marked regional variations.

One of the Scottish Government’s most senior mental health watchdogs has disappeared from her job.

Levels of domestic abuse have risen by 7 per cent in a year, it was revealed yesterday, with ministers warning the figures represent the tip of the iceberg.

An elderely resident in a care home was so badly neglected that when he died his toe nails were two inches long and his teeth were black.

Police have come under fierce attack from experts and politicians after mooting the creation of a drugs tolerance zone in the centre of Edinburgh.

More than 1,000 domestic abuse cases have been recorded by Dumfries and Galloway Police in the last 10 months.

A new £19 million mental health hospital, tasked with providing cutting edge treatment and transforming UK perceptions of mental health hospitals, has opened in Glasgow.{mosimage}The new 117-room Gartnavel Royal Hospital