Muslim Veil Debate Could Start Riots
The “polarised” debate over Muslim women covering their faces could trigger riots, the head of Britain’s race relations watchdog warned yesterday.
Read MoreThe “polarised” debate over Muslim women covering their faces could trigger riots, the head of Britain’s race relations watchdog warned yesterday.
Read MoreHooded silhouettes lingering in shop doorways and beneath bus shelters carry a potent message of menace for most adults. For Britain has become a place increasingly fearful of its teenage population, a forthcoming report will warn.
Read MoreThe expulsion of five-year-old Tamara Howard from a Manchester school has been slammed by a leading expert on children’s behaviour. Professor Peter Farrell, an education psychologist at Manchester University, said he was “surprised” she was thrown out after attacking teachers.
Read MoreStatistics released by the Home Office show that the number of registered sex offenders in England and Wales has increased by nearly 4%. The latest figures show there were 29,973 people on the sex offenders register last year.
Read MoreAn independent Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) has decided the case of a social worker from Bracknell who was alleged to have breached the codes of practice by failing to disclose information relating to his employment history. Misconduct was found against the registrant, Lamin Gbanabom Sankoh, and he was admonished, with a record of the admonishment to be placed on Mr Sankoh’s entry in the Social Care Register for a period of one year.
Read MoreAn abandoned children’s home in Bolton is to be reopened as a rehabilitation house for people with mental heath problems. The former children’s home was closed six years ago following a campaign by residents, many of them elderly, who claimed they were being terrorised by the children placed there. The home was used as a crisis and respite centre for nine to 16-year-olds. Bolton Council decided to close it and replace the unit with facilities elsewhere. Since then, the home has remained empty and has become a target for vandals.
Read MoreA disabled man is angry after Kirklees Council said it was ending his home care service. Wheelchair-bound Colin Tucker, 63, from Longwood Edge, Longwood, received a letter from Kirklees Social Services on October 5 telling him 13 years of home care was to end. Mr Tucker lost a leg many years ago and has arthritis in major joints. His condition forced him to retire 13 years ago from his job as manager of a vehicle hire company.
Read MoreA hime in home care charges has been blasted by Skegness County Councillor Mark Anderson. The Councillor is angry Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to increase the cost of home care from £5.15 an hour to £10. He said: “I’m very concerned the Conservative administration of LCC has agreed a 94 per cent hike in home care charges for the most vulnerable people in Skegness and the surrounding areas. The maximum amount anyone would have to pay would rise from £41 per week to £120, which is a 192 per cent hike.”
Read More{mosimage}The row over the role of the face veil in British society showed no signs of cooling as Opposition leader David Cameron joined the fray. The Tory leader said he was concerned that the Muslim community was feeling “slightly targeted” by the continuing debate, but he expressed “great sympathy” with the Church of England junior school which suspended a Muslim teaching assistant for refusing to remove her veil. Three claims of discrimination and harassment by Aishah Azmi, 24, were dismissed by an employment tribunal on Thursday.
Read MoreAdults with learning disabilities in South Ribble are to benefit from a new £750,000 community centre. A group of adults from the closed Bymbrig day centre were among the first to use the new facility at Bamber Bridge Methodist Church. Known as The Bridge Suite, the centre houses a worship centre, a large multi-purpose hall, the Marylands nursery unit and before and after school clubs.
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