A Scottish housing association is to work with the local council to set up a short break facility for people living with disabilities.

Margaret Blackwood Housing Association is to make a two-bedroom flat available for people with disabilities to use as a break away from their normal daily life.

The project - in coordination with Scottish Borders Council’’s social work services sector - has seen a number of housing jobs created in order to staff the open-plan facility, which will have a special separate room for carers.

Jock Welsh, Margaret Blackwood’’s support services director, said: "When social work services suggested the short stay flat, it made perfect sense for us, enabling us to make excellent use of an existing resource."

Meanwhile, Manchester-based Parkway Green and Willow Park housing trusts have teamed up with the local MP to back a campaign which aims to stop energy firms overcharging their poorest customers.

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