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.

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.

A review of NHS hospitals charging for car parking is expected to be announced by the Scottish Government.

Police are treating as suspicious the death of a man who had been living at a notorious homeless hostel as suspicious.

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.