Plans to change working patterns for Birmingham City Council home care workers have been dropped. The proposed shift alterations would have seen nearly 300 care staff working part-time hours. After
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A police officer accused of having “sexually groomed” a domestic violence victim has been found not guilty of misconduct in a public office. Colin Noble, 47, had denied any wrongdoing
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A couple have been given the go-ahead to resume family life nine months after council social services bosses began family court litigation as a result of their baby son suffering
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A very sick 11-month-old girl who has spent her life in hospital should be allowed to die peacefully, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden said doctors could
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Most of us want to live interdependently – in lives full of friendship, love, purpose and meaning. We also want some independence – to make choices about our lives, and
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One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles, who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims, is to challenge his 32-year prison sentence. Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder will have his case considered by
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Two ambulances have been damaged by bricks thrown from a Birmingham overpass in a “dangerous and idiotic” attack. Authorities are appealing for information about the incident which took place on
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A killer who strangled a mother-of-two during sex and then scattered pornography near her body has been convicted of murder. Jurors deliberated for an hour and 15 minutes before unanimously
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A 25-year-old mother convicted of allowing the manslaughter of her infant son at the hands of his father has been jailed for 18 months. Laura Davies (pictured) was told she
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Staff at one of Britain’s largest prisons were found asleep or locked in offices during an inspection that uncovered “appalling” squalor and violence, a watchdog has said, as it emerged
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