As many as 96% of people living in Shetland could be pushed into fuel poverty by next year, the local authority has warned. Rising fuel prices are expected to impact
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An investigation into alleged child sexual abuse is to be re-started with a new team of detectives following a major review of the initial inquiry, police have said. Humberside Police
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More councils have signalled using churches, community centres and libraries as so-called ‘warm banks’ for people unable to afford to heat their homes this winter. Birmingham, which is England’s biggest
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The size of Scotland’s social work, social care and early years workforce dropped slightly last year to 208,360 people, a drop of 0.6% on 2020, a new report shows. The
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A paediatric nurse has praised the “good being done every day” at the UK’s children’s hospices after completing a 3,200-mile cycle between every centre in just 70 days. After visiting
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Researchers have found a link between children and teenagers who take up a musical instrument and improved thinking skills in old age. People with more experience of playing a musical
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Scots eligible for disability benefit will not be subject to “degrading functional examinations”, a minister has pledged, as applications for the new payment open on Monday. The Adult Disability Payment
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New analysis of NHS data shows black and Asian people in England have to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people. Medical professionals and cancer charities advise early
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Almost three-quarters of households in Scotland could end up suffering from fuel poverty as a result of the latest increase in the energy price cap, the boss of an advisory
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Mothers of disabled children have appealed to the Government for urgent help with spiralling energy bills – saying “our families are going to suffer” and warning of a political “reckoning”.
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