The Government has confirmed that 30 councils facing exceptional financial hardship will be given additional support to protect services and ensure their sustainability. The struggling authorities were informed on Thursday
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A prison officer has been jailed for a year after she kissed and sat on the lap of an inmate whom she had been in a relationship with at HMP
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A 92-year-old man is due to go on trial next year accused of sexual abuse at a children’s home more than 30 years ago. Malcolm Phillips and his co-defendant Linda
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A senior judge has warned against unlawful surrogacy arrangements abroad after dealing with a “highly unusual” case involving two women in their 60s paying around £120,000 to start a family.
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A 66-year-old woman has appeared in court accused of killing a child by scalding her in a hot bath in 1978. Janice Nix (pictured) was charged on Tuesday over the
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More than half of councils responsible for special educational needs provision will not be able to balance their books when a “statutory override” ends next year, a survey has suggested.
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Former GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips is to show how life with Alzheimer’s “can still bring joy” in a new book following her diagnosis with the condition. The 64-year-old (pictured) will
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A “calculating and dangerous predator” who abused his position as a postman to sexually assault a series of women has been jailed for more than six years. Michael Stewart, 63,
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A senior carer said she had told a man who died after jumping into a swimming pool not to jump in prior to the incident, an inquest has heard. Michael
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A teenager who was taken to a west African country and left behind by his parents would rather live in UK foster care than stay “alone like this”, the High
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