The Department of Health is launching the first stage of a £10m drive to tackle binge drinking with a TV campaign about the units of alcohol in different drinks.

A fragment of bone which prompted the extensive excavation of a children’s care home in Jersey has been ruled out of the island’s abuse investigation after scientists concluded it may only be a piece of wood.

The find at Haut de la Garenne on February 23 led to the discovery of four secret cellars – known as punishment rooms – beneath the home and evidence including children’s teeth, blood stained items and shackles.

The States of Jersey Police launched a murder investigation, more than 100 people came forward to report abuse dating back to the 1950s and excavation at the property is still taking place.

But the first physical evidence in the 18-month long investigation – described in the early stages as part of a human skull – now looks to be irrelevant to the inquiry.

Lenny Harper, the senior investigating officer on the case, insisted the development did not affect the police investigation.

Adult social care, on which the Prime Minister has just launched a public consultation, is widely considered a financial timebomb. A postcode lottery, social care for the elderly and vulnerable is both expensive (£13bn) and bad.

As the prime minister pledges to make social care for the elderly fairer, BBC News correspondent Jon Leyne recalls his mixed experiences of NHS care after his mother fell at home.

A nurse has been cleared of sleeping on the job while in charge of dementia patients at a care home.

A tree has been planted in memory of a Penwortham social worker killed last month. Fellow workers from the Preston Supported Tenancy Scheme in Harewood Road planted the magnolia during a special ceremony to remember Philip Ellison.

A new mental health facility in Birmingham will be completed five weeks early. The £70 million complex, which is at the Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre in Edgbaston, will open its doors to patients this week, reports the Birmingham Mail.

A judge has criticised social workers for not helping a young mother who killed her two-year-old daughter.

Tens of thousands of vulnerable old people are suffering appalling abuse in homes for the elderly, experts are warning.

A Charity which helps childhood victims of sexual abuse is to restart operating in Nottingham thanks to a £10,000 anonymous donation.