A serving Kent police officer sent flirtatious messages to a witness during a burglary investigation asking if she had a “high sex drive”, a court has heard. Matthew Peall, 47,
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The Northern Ireland Assembly will be recalled later this week to discuss violent scenes after an anti-immigration protest in Belfast. Several businesses were attacked during the violence on Saturday and
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A “standing army” of specialist police officers is being assembled to crack down on rioting, the Prime Minister said as he called for perpetrators to be named and shamed. Sir
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Plans have been announced for a permanent memorial for those affected by the ongoing investigation into human remains found at a Hull funeral directors. Scores of families have been given
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Health visitors must be given the power to trigger joint visits from social care specialists such as drug abuse counsellors, a report has said as it warned infant services are
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The Labour Government must “change course” on its approach to social care, dozens of sector leaders have said, as they described how announcements this week on funding and charging reforms
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Other children’s social services cases need to be re-examined at the local authority where a toddler was murdered by her stepdad, the chairwoman behind a review into her death has
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Young adult carers are more likely than their peers to choose university and college courses which have a caring component, a report has found. Young adult carers are 59% more
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A nephew who stole more than £600,000 from his elderly aunt in a power of attorney fraud has been jailed for five years and six months. David Eggleton, 71, from
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There were missed opportunities to protect a Welsh toddler who was murdered by her stepfather four years ago, a review has found. Lola James (pictured), who died in July 2020,
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