A man in his 20s who has learning disabilities and could not tell a psychiatrist “how babies came” was married at a “very bling” £25,000 Muslim wedding in Pakistan, a
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Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial for a string of sex offences against boys dating back 50 years due to “deteriorating and irreversible” dementia, a High Court judge has
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Northern Ireland’s ban on same-sex marriage breaches human rights legislation and marginalises gay people as “biological oddities”, a court has been told. Two couples, Grainne Close and Shannon Sickles and
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A care home director has admitted gross negligence manslaughter over the death of an 86-year-old woman. Ivy Atkin died on November 22 2012, shortly after being moved from Autumn Grange
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An innovative programme to improve timescales in securing a permanent home for children in care is to be rolled out across Scotland. The Permanence and Care Excellence (PACE) programme was
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The Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have launched a new initiative aiming to bring down the cost and usage of all temporary agency staff ensuring financial targets
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Workers on zero hours contracts have similar levels of job satisfaction and work-life balance as full time employees, according to a new report. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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An estimated 750,000 elderly people are being forced to choose between paying for food and heating, a charity has warned. A survey of 1,000 people aged 65 and over for
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The Care Council for Wales (CCW) is consulting on draft guidance for professional duty of candour which sets out that every member of the workforce should be accountable for the
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Leading judges have rejected a challenge brought by disability rights campaigners against the prosecution policy in assisted dying cases. The campaigners accused Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alison Saunders (pictured)
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