A nursery worker forced-fed a child and shouted abuse at toddlers and her colleagues.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) said Jacqueline Crossan showed a "blatant disregard" to its code of conduct and struck her from the register.

She force-fed a child until they "screamed and cried and gagged and choked" at a nursery in Livingston, West Lothian.

Crossan also hit a climbing frame after getting angry at a child who was out playing and was not coming in for a nap with the other children.

In another case, she "roughly handled" a toddler while changing their nappy and made "harsh and uncaring" comments towards the child and another worker.

She also made threats to colleagues, telling them to "watch your back" after finding out an allegation had been made about her.

Crossan told another staff member: "It's not a threat. It's a promise."

An SSSC report on the internal hearings said: "It involved the physical and emotional abuse of pre-school children in your care and also the emotional abuse of colleagues.

"Each of the allegations involved either actual harm or a risk of harm. There had been an abuse of the power that came from your work with service users and colleagues.

"You had abused the trust of the children in your care, their parents, your colleagues and your former employer. You had failed to provide an acceptable level of care."

The committee ruled Crossan's attitude demonstrated she was "unfit to be a member of a caring and responsible profession", and her name was removed from the SSSC register.