GPs are due to deliver a petition to health chiefs objecting to a planned shake-up of services.

An East Lothian man who subjected two boys in foster care to a catalogue of abuse has been jailed for six years.

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.

First Minister Alex Salmond has hailed the “first class” education given to deaf youngsters, as he officially opened a new purpose-built school.

Children in Scotland have suffered less from changes in policies than other parts of the UK, a new report said today.

A MAN who was left paralysed from the neck down after being stabbed spoke yesterday of the devastating impact knife crime had on his life.

Adults with learning disabilities living at home have become “invisible” because many local authorities are not providing adequate support services for them, a report published today found.

Children who care for sick and disabled relatives are being given the chance to put their concerns to ministers at Scotland’s first Young Carers Festival in West Linton, in the Scottish Borders.

Children and young people living in residential child care in Scotland are to help ensure their needs are central to services in the future.

Aberdeen City Council is poised to pay out some £6 million in compensation payments to employees in catering, cleaning and social care.