Fugitive jailed for sex offences after being flown back from Spain
A man who went on the run in Spain has been jailed for nine years for sexual offences involving teenage victims after being flown back to the UK. Paul Michael
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Council to end moves to penalise grandmother over ‘Court of Protection breach’
Council social services bosses are to stop trying to penalise a grandmother who they say has breached orders made in the Court of Protection. Teresa Kirk, of Brighton, East Sussex,
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Council leaders warn care funding shortage ‘will leave more people stranded in hospital’
A growing number of people in need of social care could be left stranded in hospitals because of “continued underfunding”, council leaders have warned. Meanwhile, the number of people who
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Charity warns UK’s fostering system cracking under ‘unsustainable strain’
The UK’s fostering system is under ‘unsustainable strain’ and is being held together by the goodwill and commitment of thousands of dedicated foster carers, The Fostering Network is warning today.
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Jury out in trial of man accused of murdering foster carer in arson attack
The jury has been sent out to consider its verdicts in the trial of a small-time cocaine dealer accused of murdering a widow who had fostered more than 50 children.
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Jo Cox commission launched to tackle ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness
Colleagues of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was murdered in her constituency, are launching a commission in her memory to tackle the “silent epidemic” of loneliness. The cross-party Jo Cox
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Smoking estimated to cost councils £760 million a year in social care
Smoking is costing local authorities £760 million a year in social care, a new report warns. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health urged the Government to renew
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UK progress on disability rights ‘patchy and torturous’, UN told
Progress towards equality for disabled people in the UK “continues to be patchy and torturous”, campaigners have warned. Disability rights groups have submitted a “shadow report” to a United Nations
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American man with dementia taken to Britain and ‘abandoned’ by wife and son
An American pensioner with dementia was flown to Britain and left in a car park by his wife and son, according to court documents in the US. Roger Curry was
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Hospital ‘missed opportunity’ to save abused baby Isabelle from severe injuries
Catastrophic injuries inflicted on a five-week-old girl by her parents could have been prevented if signs of earlier abuse, including fractured ribs, had been spotted, a report has said. Baby
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