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.

A new high-profile fostering campaign in the Highlands was launched this week to recruit foster carers for children and young people.

Increasing numbers of children and young adults in Scotland’s biggest city are becoming addicted to cocaine, according to a report published today.

A sex attacker who tried to blame his twin brother for a violent rape before finally admitting his guilt failed in an attempt to have his ten-year jail sentence cut yesterday.

Former city health and social work leader Kingsley Thomas has been appointed to a national committee designed to improve the quality of social services.

A new centre designed as a peaceful sanctuary for patients being treated for cancer was officially opened yesterday by the Health Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

Calls were made yesterday for tougher deterrents against drug driving after the conviction of a man who killed a four-year-old girl while driving a 4×4 “like a maniac” under the influence of a cocktail of drugs.

A new service to help patients and their families raise concerns about the NHS was launched in Scotland yesterday.

The young man’s face is out of picture, the camera focusing only on the gash splitting his thumb from the rest of his fingers.