The Government will today hold a crisis meeting to draw up emergency plans to provide support for children following the sudden closure of Kids Company. It comes as the charity’s
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The Government’s current alcohol guidelines are unrealistic and largely ignored because they have little relevance to people’s drinking habits, according to a new report by the University of Sheffield’s Alcohol
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Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Older People will be completing her term of office at the beginning of November. Claire Keatinge was appointed as Northern Ireland’s first ever Commissioner for Older
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Cardiff University psychologists have developed the first self-assessment test designed to help clinicians diagnose autism in adults Published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the test measures the
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It is “complete rubbish” to claim there was serious financial mismanagement at collapsed charity Kids Company, chairman of trustees Alan Yentob has insisted. Mr Yentob, a senior BBC executive, said
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Children who “grow out” of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have higher IQs than those who do not, a study has shown. Around one in 20 children are affected by
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Jeremy Corbyn has said the British Government needs to fund Northern Ireland’s welfare system properly and warned of increased poverty because of Tory plans. The devolved powersharing administration in Belfast
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The number of people working nights has increased to more than three million since the recession and is set to rise further because of plans to extend services and the
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Dependency on heroin and cocaine is more prevalent among homeless women than men, according to research. A third (33%) of homeless women reported having used heroin in the last month
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A fifth police force has received allegations against Sir Edward Heath. It was known that detectives in Wiltshire, London, Kent and Jersey were looking at sex abuse allegations linked to
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