A CARER who stole £7,000 from an elderly couple with learning difficulties will only have to pay back £500. Lesley Carter, 27, stole money from the bank accounts of Richard

Tom Wright, group chief executive of the charity, says that the redundancies comprise about three per cent of all its staff Age UK expects to make up to 90 redundancies

A couple were left ‘helpless’ after their gravely ill one-year-old was taken from them by Surrey County Council on the basis of ‘wholly improbable’ fears. The High Court heard on

A CARE home is set to expand — creating 20 new jobs in Bolton. The Bakewells in Junction Road, Deane, has received a funding package to construct an extension with

A SPECIALIST dementia care home failed to train its staff on how to deal with the illness, an independent health watchdog has revealed. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found

The Department of Health has announced the names of the people who will decide which councils are given a place on its heavily over-subscribed scheme to “pioneer” integrated health and

More than 300 children in Cumbria have been protected against neglect and physical and sexual abuse, latest figures reveal. Cumbria County Council said just over 300 child protection plans were

TRAFFORD Council, Trafford Housing Trust and other partners have welcomed £3m funding towards a proposed extra care facility, aimed at improving services for more vulnerable residents in Trafford. The funding,

Private adoption agencies and charities are to be given a bigger role in tackling the backlog of children needing families as ministers move to cut their dependence on councils. Edward

Social workers and police swooped on a family home and removed a gravely ill little girl from her loving parents’ care, after what was termed by judge as a ‘feeding