The report said risks were not proactively identified and managed, including the environment not being well maintained.
It said people had access to potentially harmful risk items in both communal and private spaces, and systems monitoring the…

The report said risks were not proactively identified and managed, including the environment not being well maintained.
It said people had access to potentially harmful risk items in both communal and private spaces, and systems monitoring the…

Neve Gordon-FarleighNorfolk
Qays Najm/BBCA dementia care service has been rated inadequate across all areas and put into special measures…

Hundreds of fans and admirers are bidding farewell to Indian singer and actor Prashant Tamang, who rose to fame two decades ago after winning the third season of popular music reality show Indian Idol.
Tamang, 43, who was from the hill town of…

A co-founder of a Bradford restaurant chain has been named the first official ambassador for the Bradford Hospitals Charity.
The charity partner of Bradford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust funds projects not covered by NHS budgets, including…

Saskia, from Swindon, is one of those young bargain hunters who like perusing charity shops.
“I feel like it’s a little treasure hunt – I enjoy finding and coming across items that I never realised I needed, or wanted.”
Saskia sometimes browses…

A vast collection of miniature train name plates have been bought by two professional locomotive model makers.
Former GP Gillie Hay did not know what to do with the thousands of intricate metal signs made by her late father Chris Watford, who kept…

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foleyand
Alastair McKee,West of England
BBCA charity has been shortlisted for an award after helping vulnerable households keep warm during the winter months.
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Audiences at Blackpool’s much-loved Grade II-listed Grand Theatre could be set to get better seating in the top gallery tier.
Plans are being made to return the venue to its original profile while providing what the theatre describes as “21st…

A group of volunteers have been cleaning up the streets in a bid to boost their local area.
The Big Tunstall Clean Up, a group of business owners and residents, have set about keeping the high street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, free from litter,…

“I’ve seen their journey, they’ve got their own place and they’ve decorated with everything from here, and it’s just amazing the difference that it makes.
“We sell curtains – that’s another expense – we usually have beds in… wardrobes… chests…