A Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) on 29 June 2007 decided the case of a social worker from London who was alleged to have breached the code of practice for social care workers.

Moors murderer Ian Brady has offered the police a macabre final deal. He says he will show them where he buried Keith Bennett – his only child victim whose body has never been found – in exchange for being allowed to kill himself.

More counselling is needed in primary schools because children as young as four are showing signs of depression, a charity has warned. Young children are harming themselves and even contemplating suicide because they are so unhappy, according to The Place2Be, which provides advice in schools.

A hearing into the conduct of a Registered Social Worker from Newcastle upon Tyne will be held from 9 to 11 July 2007 by the social care workforce regulator for England the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

In the wake of the recent Counsel and Care survey, directors of adult social services have renewed their calls on government to improve the balance of funding between the health

Adults at risk of either prostate cancer or an erratic heart beat that can lead to strokes can now be identified early by genetic testing.

Five times more immigrants are given social housing than previously claimed, the Government has admitted.

Police and the security services are still hunting for at least three members of an al-Qaida linked terrorist cell suspected of attempting to commit mass murder using car bombs in London and Glasgow.

{mosimage}Counter-terrorism officers believe the cell has at least 8 members, linked by a controlling “Mr Big”.

The hunt led police to make five arrests at the weekend and raid a number of addresses across England and Scotland, amid fears that there could be another attempted attack.

Patricia Hewitt wrote to Gordon Brown on her final day as health secretary last week, criticising the NHS but advising against any changes in policy.

Councils have made it harder for the elderly to stay in their own homes by increasing charges for basic support services such as shopping and laundry. New research reveals that