Police investigating the alleged abuse of children at a nursery have re-arrested two people. Detectives launched an inquiry after three children suffered “unexplained” broken bones at the Rocking Horse Nursery in Plumtree, near Nottingham.
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Victims of alleged child abuse in Jersey said today they had been vindicated after a former carer was jailed for two years for a string of sex attacks. Gordon Wateridge, 78, nicknamed “the perv” by his victims, repeatedly sexually assaulted three teenagers at the Haut de la Garenne children’s home during the 1970s.
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Almost half of all care homes in Scotland do not meet national standards on eating, drinking and nutrition, leaving vulnerable, elderly residents at risk of weight loss and dehydration, according to a new report.
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ALMOST 150 middle-management jobs are set to be axed as part of a major cost-cutting initiative being considered by South Lanarkshire Council.
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The Highlands’ social work chief has appealed to councillors to “trust” her department to overcome a £3.4million budget crisis without jeopardising its services for the region’s most vulnerable.
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Teachers have borne the brunt of job cuts in the Scottish public sector, while the number of civil servants continues to rise, new unemployment figures reveal.
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MORE than two cases of abuse a week against vulnerable adults were investigated in Flintshire in the last year. No fewer than 117 cases were investigated between April 2008 and March this year, new figures have revealed.
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Health secretary Andy Burnham will meet councillors and officials in a bid to drum up support for his plans to change older people’s services.
VULNERABLE people being cared for by a social services department were systematically overcharged to the tune of more than £100,000, a report has revealed.
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A FORMER senior social worker is alleged to have sexually assaulted a girl at a children’s home in Gravesend, a misconduct hearing has heard.
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