Homeless man who guarded open car ‘overwhelmed’ by £8,000 raised for him online
A homeless man who stood guard by an open car to make sure a handbag and money was not stolen has been overwhelmed by a campaign that has now seen
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Registered childminder jailed for 16 years for assaulting two baby girls
A registered childminder found guilty of seriously assaulting two baby girls in her care has been jailed for 16 years. Anouska Coleman, 37, was convicted of two counts of grievous
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‘Family of 8 living on £1.60 a day after wrong Universal Credit advice’
A family of eight are living on less than £1.60 a day after they were incorrectly told to claim Universal Credit, an MP has claimed. Labour’s Grahame Morris (Easington) said
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Government condemned after ‘devastating’ report on probation service
Ministers have been urged to go back to the drawing board after a damning report on the Government’s shake-up of the probation service. The Tory administration faced a barrage of
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Four Seasons strikes last-minute deal to stave off immediate threat of administration
Four Seasons, Britain’s second-biggest care homes operator, has struck a last-ditch deal with its major creditor that staves off the immediate threat of administration. The group, owned by Guy Hands’
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Too many employers ‘have wrong idea’ about hiring disabled people, says charity
More than one in five managers say they would be less likely to employ a disabled person, believing they would struggle to do the job or citing concerns about the
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Probation watchdog raises concerns about ‘remote supervision’ of offenders
Thousands of offenders living in the community are managed by a brief phone call every few weeks, a watchdog report has revealed. In some cases convicts are only met once
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MSPs scrap deadline for named person policy decision
MSPs have agreed to remove a deadline for key legislation for the Scottish Government’s controversial named person policy. The unanimous decision scrapping the need for the first phase of Children
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Toddler Poppi denied justice over ‘troubling and suspicious’ death, inquest told
A 13-month-old girl who died in “troubling” and suspicious circumstances has been “denied justice” an inquest has heard. Poppi Worthington collapsed at home with injuries a pathologist suspected were caused
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PM pressed to take lead on ‘Dickensian’ conditions for vulnerable children
The Prime Minister has been urged in the Lords to take a personal lead in tackling “Dickensian” conditions faced by millions of vulnerable children in England. Labour’s Baroness Dean of
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