Couple Jailed For Abusing Some Of The Hundreds Of Children They Fostered
A foster carer has been jailed for four years for beating girls she looked after and her husband has been given a three-year jail term for sexual abuse.
Read MoreA foster carer has been jailed for four years for beating girls she looked after and her husband has been given a three-year jail term for sexual abuse.
Read MoreSome English hospitals should be stripped of doctor-led maternity care and specialist children’s services, a government adviser says. Dr Sheila Shribman, the children and maternity tsar, calls for regional super-centres instead.
Read MoreOn-the-spot fines for drunken patients who abuse casualty staff have been hailed a success by trust bosses. A three-month pilot was carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester to curb misbehaviour and will now be extended indefinitely.
Read MoreThousands of Wirral people who depend on social services funding will suffer because of “savage” cuts of over £4m, according to a councillor. Amid ever-growing demands on the service, there are fresh fears for the borough’s future as the cash-strapped council is forced to concentrate resources on those with the most severe needs.
Read MoreSex offenders could be forced to register their e-mail addresses to prevent them approaching children on the internet, the government says. Home Secretary John Reid said he was also considering making paedophiles add their chatroom names to their other details on the Sex Offenders Register.
{mosimage}The move comes a day after three men were jailed for using a chatroom to plot the rape of two young girls. The announcement coincides with European Safer Internet Day. With as many as two-thirds of British teenagers now using social networking sites such as MySpace, many parents, teachers and politicians fear this opens up new dangers for children. The Safer Internet campaign will see websites and child safety experts discuss ways of safeguarding children from online threats.
The Sex Offenders Register contains the details of all those convicted of a sexual crime in England and Wales. Figures from the Home Office for 2005/06 showed there were nearly 30,000 registered sex offenders in England and Wales.
Read MoreAcademics claim data is being manipulated to help NHS hospitals meet the Government’s target that no one should wait more than four hours to be seen in A&E, it has been reported.
Read MoreA major expansion of the services offered by GPs was announced by the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt yesterday, but without any increase in their pay. Family doctors will be encouraged to set up one-stop shops where they work alongside consultants, offering minor surgery such as cataract and hernia operations.
Read MoreA Sheffield Hallam University professor has warned that more emphasis must be placed on the emotional needs of youngsters to halt the growing number of youngsters with serious mental health disorders.
Read MoreA Government race adviser with close links to Cherie Blair is at the centre of a major investigation into an alleged illegal immigrant employment racket. Police and Immigration Service officers stormed the £3.5million home of Nighat Awan on Friday night as part of a nationwide swoop on Indian restaurants, including those owned by her and her husband.
{mosimage}A total of 70 men were arrested in the raids.
Mrs Awan, 51, spoke to police while they carried out a search of her home. Documents and computer equipment are believed to have been removed by officers later.
The raids are a major embarrassment for Labour. Mrs Awan, one of Britain’s richest businesswomen, was last year appointed head of a Department of Trade and Industry-backed group to support black and ethnic minority businesses.
She is a close ally of Jack Straw, the Leader of the House of Commons. In 2004 she was awarded an OBE for her export and overseas charity work.
Three years ago, Cherie Blair was guest of honour at a garden party thrown by Mrs Awan at her former home in Cheshire. The businesswoman and her family have also toured Downing Street.
Read MoreTwo heroin addicts taking part in a new drug addiction treatment have hailed the therapy as “life changing”. The former drug users have this week been taking part in the first pilot trial of Net – Neuro-electric therapy – hailed by addiction charities as a potential alternative to methadone.
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