More than 4,000 nursery staff need to be recruited to allow for the increase in free early learning and childcare (ELC) hours later this year, Audit Scotland has said. Reviewing
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To coincide with International Women’s Day, The University of Sheffield is launching the second run of the ‘Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence’ course on Future Learn, which was named one
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Patients with memory issues could be checked for Alzheimer’s disease with a blood test at their doctor’s surgery, a study has suggested. Researchers in the USA measured blood levels of
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A man has been jailed for more than 12 years after admitting to stabbing an emergency services worker in the heart. Scotland Yard said in a statement that Mohammed Alinoor
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A mentally ill man died in “inhumane and degrading” conditions at a detention centre after a catalogue of “gross failures” by doctors, Home Office staff and other organisations, an inquest
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A freelance journalist has asked to see a file of evidence relating to a seven-year-old girl who was at the centre of private family court proceedings. Melanie Newman wants a
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A toddler has died, and a baby and their mother sustained serious injuries, during a stabbing at a house in Northern Ireland. Detectives say they are not seeking anybody else
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Melanie Armstrong is returning to Action for Children, this time as interim CEO, following the decision by Julie Bentley to resign as Chief Executive. Julie Bentley announced she was stepping
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Welsh social care regulator, Social Care Wales, has launched a new dashboard showing local authority spend on social care. This new dashboard is available in English and Welsh, as part
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Widespread transmission of coronavirus in the UK is “highly likely”, Public Health England (PHE) has warned, as the Prime Minister gathers ministers for an emergency Cobra meeting. Professor Paul Cosford,
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