A woman who murdered her two eldest children and plotted to kill the other four was seen by professionals involved with the family as “a loving, caring and competent mother”,
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Sheffield City Council notified the Department for Education (DfE) of a serious safeguarding incident in May 2019, which related to the death of two children by their parents as a
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Linda Hynd is the registered manager of Sense Scotland’s Tullideph Housing Support and Care at Home Services Team in Dundee, which supports people with learning disabilities, sensory impairments and complex
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A new report, published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), shows that more people than ever before work in Scotland’s social services. There are some 206,400 people in the
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The number of households assessed as being homeless have risen by 4% in the past year, with the figures including more than 15,000 children without a stable home. According to
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Unions representing hundreds of thousands of health workers, including nurses, cleaners, porters, paramedics and ambulance staff, are submitting a claim for a substantial pay rise following years of austerity. The
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From a couple working on a ward side by side, to a doctor reading out family text messages to a dying Covid-19 patient, key workers have been sharing their stories
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Some victims of sexual crime are still facing delays in their cases reaching trial, delaying their recovery from trauma, a report has found. A review by HM Inspectorate of Prosecution
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People will be allowed to visit relatives and friends inside care homes in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced. Indoor visits to both adult and children’s care homes have been
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An urgent manhunt is under way after three young boys were abducted from a foster home in south London by their father, who was armed with a knife. Scotland Yard
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