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.

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.

A young woman told a jury how she was ambushed by a teenage sex attacker and pulled down a dark alleyway in Edinburgh’s New Town.

For 30 agonising years, the families of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott had hoped for justice. Last night, after a sensational day of twists and turns, that hope had turned to dust.

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

The chief executive of a crisis-hit health board has been suspended over alleged discrepancies in his CV.