A YOUNG child who died from meningitis may have been saved if NHS 24 had got him to hospital earlier, an inquiry heard yesterday.

Kerb crawlers face Asbos and prosecution in Dundee as part of a two-pronged attack on prostitution in the city.

When he was 18 months old Lewis Mahony showed some signs of slow development and poor eye contact, but was still behaving relatively normally and enjoyed playing with his toys and had started learning some words.

The renowned cancer research base at Dundee University is to undergo a £6m expansion which will create around 100 jobs and generate up to £10m of additional research income in the first five years.

A young Muslim was last night facing up to 15 years in jail after his conviction as Scotland’s first home-grown Islamic terrorist.

Parents of autistic children from across Scotland want to set up a new independent school for children suffering with the condition.

People in Scotland’s biggest city face being hit with on-the-spot fines under a new anti- social behaviour crackdown launched today.

A series of break-ins and vandal attacks has indefinitely delayed the reopening of a controversial community centre shut after a fatal shooting.

The centuries-old “double jeopardy” law which prevents someone from being tried twice for the same crime could be scrapped, the First Minister indicated yesterday in the wake of the World’s End fiasco.

Parents are having to give up jobs to look after their children after the local council told them it would no longer provide them with full-time nursery places.