Renfrewshire Council has the worst record in Scotland for protecting private data, a campaign group claimed.

Campaigners battling against Fife Council’s plan to privatise its council-run care homes for the elderly fear the plan is still on the table, reports Gail Milne.

A surprise inspection found staff morale was low at a Highland care home under fire over the death of a patient.

TORYGLEN looks set to be the site of a new care home as part of a multi million pound project being promoted by Glasgow City Council.

The court started at Dunfermline Sheriff Court last year and has since dealt with 300 cases.

Ninety per cent of voluntary organisations in Scotland expect their own economic situation to worsen or stay the same over the next 12 months, according to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.

THOUSANDS of hospital operations and appointments have been cancelled next week as the public-sector strike gets ready to bring Scotland to a standstill over pension reforms.

A THREE-YEAR study into the impact of minimum alcohol pricing on Scotland’s heaviest drinkers is to be carried out by university researchers.

THE owner of Wyvis House Care Home at Dingwall agreed with a sheriff that record keeping at the home had “fallen apart”.

Christine Dickson is told she should never work in social services again after breaching ‘professional boundaries’ with children