Personal details of vulnerable adults were saved on a memory stick which was lost by a council worker, a watchdog said today.

Older people self-funding their care in care homes do not receive the same support and help as those funded by the State.

A Dorset nursery worker arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child has been released without charge.

Anglia Ruskin University is launching a groundbreaking cross-faculty research body in Chelmsford on March 3.

Social workers are living in a “climate of fear”that they will lose their jobs and thousands more are being forced to accept reduced terms and conditions as councils begin making cuts.

Couples wishing to adopt children from a different ethnic or cultural background should find it easier following new government guidance to be given to social workers.