RESIDENTS of a mental health care home have been removed after reports of verbal and physical assaults among occupants. The eight residents of Priory Gate care home in Stoke have been relocated by local authorities.

A JOB Fair and information day aimed at those considering entering the caring profession will be held at the Guildhall on Friday.

AN ANGRY mum today called for Doncaster Council to provide counselling to familes whose children were looked after by a carer convicted of child porn offences.

A SERIOUS case review will be held following the death of a 16-year-old girl who was in the care of Essex social services. Rebecca Watkins, who was found hanged on June 16, was living in a care home in Brandon, Suffolk, about 60 miles from her family home, in Bennett Close, Braintree.

A social worker who withdrew £300 from the bank account of a cancer patient hours after he died has been cleared of stealing the money.

CHANTRY Care Services, the Crediton-based residential care home for adults with learning and physical disabilities, entered into administration last Wednesday.

Leeds City Council care manager Stuart Simmons has won the Caring Council Worker of the Year award at the Local Government Association awards.