The number of 16 and 17 year olds placed in bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has fallen by a third, Communities Minister Iain Wright announced today.

Clacton is to benefit from a pioneering new care facility, for people with a learning disability. The new development from specialist care provider, Consensus, will offer opportunities for people with learning disabilities to live semi-independent lives in a newly developed facility within the community.

In my younger days, going on holiday meant tucking a toothbrush behind my ear, loading up on red wine for emergencies, and arriving at the airport with a millisecond to spare.

A second care worker has been arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the death of a disabled woman who died at a care home.

Firefighters have rescued three people from a burning residential care home in Surrey and 30 people are sheltering in a nearby church.

The Department of Health is to consider a mass vaccination of children in England against chickenpox. Experts have been drafted in to weigh up the benefits following a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Asking drug dealers to talk candidly might seem like taking your life in your hands. But local volunteers recruited to carry out research among pushers, users and their families in the BD5 postal area of Bradford have presented a vivid portrait of the impact of drugs on their community.