A housing charity wants £50 million from the Scottish Government to tackle the impact of the so-called bedroom tax.

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been warned she risks losing her Holyrood seat if she pushes ahead with plans to legalise gay marriage.

The Care Inspectorate has issued a warning to care providers to be aware of bogus inspectors visiting their premises.

Labour councillors have failed to have a fresh consultation with users of the closure-threatened Kemback Street centre deferred for a year.

Pupils excluded from school at 12 are four times as likely as other children to be jailed as adults, according to a new study by Edinburgh University academics.

RELIEVED residents and families are celebrating this week after news that an under-threat care facility has been saved from the axe.

IT has offered respite care for children with complex disabilities for more than a decade. Now, city (Edinburgh) residents are being asked to dig deep to help Gilmerton Road raise £455,000 to refurbish and extend the facility, which provides a respite service for local families with children who have a learning disability and severe behavioural problems.

Children in social housing are more likely to have an accident at home. GHA is helping parents to prevent the worst, by
Lorraine McLaren

Councillors on the Social Work Services Committee (Dumfries & Galloway Council) have been told that the latest forecast shows an estimated £760,000 budget pressure on Social Work Services for the current financial year.

A review of the fiasco sur­rounding the council’s plans to introduce charges for adult resource centres (ARCs) in the region (Dumfries & Galloway) has been branded a “delaying tactic” and a waste of taxpayers’ money by Labour politicians, who claim it vali­dated their findings from six months previously.