The leading learning disability charity in the UK has announced the appointment of its new chief executive.

Social services failed to recognise the risk posed by a mentally ill woman who killed her two children after being allowed unsupervised access, an inquiry has found.

Two workers at a Nottingham care home have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting elderly residents. Police confirmed they were investigating the treatment of residents at the privately-run Chester House in Sherwood Rise.

PLANS to transform a former Liskeard hospital into a care village for older people have been given the green light.

Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour.

Almost 300 people have allegedly been abused and beaten by immigration, escort and security staff, a dossier sent to the Home Office claims.

Children at a Jersey care home were sexually assaulted, murdered and their bodies burned, a report summarising evidence of the abuse is expected to say.

Children with Aids-related HIV are being turned away and excluded from primary and secondary schools throughout the UK in contravention of anti-discrimination laws.

A man has admitted the murders of two women at a nursing home in Leicester. Nathan Mann killed Rashmi Badiani, 56, and Radhaben Chauhan, 72, during a burglary at the Hayes Park Nursing Home last November.

Hospital patients, prisoners and millions of Britain’s public sector workers are to be the focus of a healthy eating initiative drawn up by ministers. Canteens will be expected to meet new guidelines on nutrition, lower fat, salt and sugar content, and portion size.