An 82-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death of a 92-year-old woman at a Dartmouth residential care home has been released on bail.

Nursery school worker Vanessa George was today jailed for an indeterminate period for sexually abusing children in her care and swapping images of the abuse with two other paedophiles.

A national college of social work should not be set up using government cash, according to the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).

FRESH crisis talks are to be held over vital care for York’s most vulnerable people, after warnings that further budget cuts would hit frontline services.

Parental satisfaction in services for disabled children has increased in the past year, a government survey has revealed.

STAFF at two mid Cheshire autism care centres do not know if they will have jobs to go back to in the New Year.

Children who may have been abused by nursery paedophile Vanessa George are to be monitored for 15 years, the BBC has learned.

A STOURBRIDGE woman who resigned as manager of a home for the old and infirm following concern about care plans for the residents, has lost a compensation claim for constructive unfair dismissal.

The way small household aids such as bathroom handrails are supplied to the elderly and disabled adults is set to change.

A social worker followed a colleague to her hotel room and kissed her on the cheek against her will, a tribunal has heard.