Two teenagers are taken from their mother for being OVERWEIGHT: Judge rules pair must live with foster family because their health needs are being ‘neglected’ A boy, 17, and girl, 13, must live with a foster family after failing to lose weight The ruling is the first to have been made public in which children … Read more
An animal lover who’s a real-life Dr Dolittle says she’s saved nearly 200 animals – including cows, pigs, ferrets and alpacas – from being abandoned or mistreated. Adri Rachelle, 33, from Athens, Georgia, rescues any animal that needs her help and runs the Wild Things Sanctuary from her farm in the Deep South. Every year, … Read more
Teaching union warns Year 11 pupils have been ‘neglected’ after their GCSEs were cancelled due to coronavirus and need urgent help to stop them falling further behind Year 11 pupils are not a priority for schools, says leading education figure David Hughes of the Association of Colleges lectured MPs about school strategy Year 11 students … Read more
A Conservative MP has claimed England’s care homes were ‘very much a forgotten cousin’ compared to the NHS during the coronavirus crisis. Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown suggested the Government was ‘negligent’ in its handling of care homes and criticised its ‘reckless’ policy. Figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest more than 16,000 elderly residents have died … Read more