A fresh attempt to mount a prosecution over the deaths of 14 residents in a nursing home fire, has been announced by the Crown Office.

A social worker caught with child porn on his computer has had his sentence deferred after experts failed to agree whether he was sorry for his crimes.

SCOTLAND’S public services will be paralysed today as 150,000 staff walk out in a bitter pay battle. Schools, rubbish collections, leisure facilities and social care will be in turmoil during the 24-hour strike.

Families affected by muscle-wasting conditions are being denied proper care and face delays in getting essential equipment, a charity has claimed.

Fundraising directors of Scottish and major cross-border charities will meet on Friday to explore ways of preparing for a recession.

AN ABERDEEN nursery has been threatened with closure by the Care Commission after allegedly putting children at risk by failing to carry out criminal record checks on some of its staff.

Her son was only a day old when a midwife confronted Angela Simpson and said accusingly: “How do you feel about your wee one being not well because of you? Because of the methadone and whatever else you’ve been taking?”

Health care in Scotland is a decade behind education in terms of providing quality services to young people in care, experts have warned.

TENANTS First Housing Co-operative, based in Aberdeen, has been highly commended for its operating standards in three reports published this summer.

CARERS are set to speak out about the need for services and support at The Princess Royal Trust Lanarkshire Carers’ Centre annual general meeting in Motherwell today.