OFFENDERS given community payback orders instead of prison terms will no longer be in breach even if they commit a new crime, following a landmark ruling.

Young people are being helped to develop their potential thanks to the latest round of grants from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young Start fund.

A MOVE by the council’s administration to block an adult resource centre charging inquiry smacks of a “cover-up”.

Seven young people with a learning disability have graduated from a pioneering training course at Wishaw General designed to help them into work.

More than half of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in Scottish secondary schools experience homophobic bullying, according to a new report.

A disciplinary panel has decided a Tayside child care worker committed ”serious wrongdoing” and must complete extra training.

A patient at a Dundee care unit was tricked into the time they should get up in the morning by a staff member changing the time on their clock.

AN umbrella group for Scottish councils is facing criticism from Holyrood after claiming there is a multi-million funding gap in plans to allow people control over their own care.

CUPAR’S closure-threatened Eden Park children’s respite centre has been given a temporary reprieve — and hopes are high that the facility could avoid the axe altogether.

A Fife care home once described as having ”serious issues” by the Care Commission has been praised in a recent inspection report.