Disgraced child protection manager Lynda Barnes says her life is in tatters after being named in a hard-hitting court ruling criticising council chiefs in Bath.

University leavers looking to find a graduate job in the social care industry of the public sector may be interested in working for their local council.

A new report has found that fathers of youngsters with learning disabilities want to be more involved in raising their children, but don’t get enough support from employees and social services.

More NHS trusts admit they are failing to comply with child protection guidelines, the government’s health inspectorate reports today.

VILLAGERS are angry at plans to create a children’s home in the middle of their rural idyll. Residents of Heads Nook, near Brampton, are up in arms about the “legal loophole” that means the home doesn’t need planning permission.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has admitted it employed a social work manager who had a conviction for conspiracy to murder.