The CQC gave the authority the lowest possible rating after an inspection in March.
Its report highlighted weaknesses in dealing with mental health and substance abuse, saying “the authority had fragmented plans to tackle these issues and need a…

The CQC gave the authority the lowest possible rating after an inspection in March.
Its report highlighted weaknesses in dealing with mental health and substance abuse, saying “the authority had fragmented plans to tackle these issues and need a…

On Monday and Tuesday, Arriva and Central Connect routes in the city will operate a Saturday service.
Then on Christmas Eve, Arriva and First Bus will run a Saturday service ending at about 18:00 GMT and Novus Direct will run a Sunday service…

Councillor Carl Quartermain, cabinet member for highways and transport, said it had been sad to see the seals “looking so poorly”.
He said: “It’s going to be glorious to see them back to full splendour.
“I’d like to mention my colleague, councillor…

Devon said he had been promised a place to stay after coming out of prison.
“[It] didn’t work out for me, so I had to be sleeping rough and started to sleep on the road.”
Supported by local organisation Aspire Oxford, he said he was able to find…

Speaking to BBC Radio Guernsey, Mr Malcic said reaching £7m was a “recognition of both the generosity of the people of Guernsey, but also a recognition of all the benefits that the centre can bring”.
“It will be transformational, not only for St…

It is a sure sign that Christmas is on the way when Fuse FM Mourne, an Ulster-Scots community radio station, hits the airwaves.
With Fuse being an acronym For Ulster Scots Enthusiasts – the station has been broadcasting from Reivers House in…

Craftsmen behind restoration work at Windsor Castle and the Tower of London are applying their skills to replace the windows at a historic Northamptonshire building.
Tom and George Bayliss, stained glass restorers from Birmingham, are helping to…

Chloe LucasA nurse said she wept in delight after a pair of Highland cows she brought to Essex fell pregnant.
Chloe Lucas, 39, gathered a small herd of the animals in Wickford as a…

A woman has used Lego bricks to recreate a miniature version of the Cambridgeshire village she lives in.
Jo Thompson, from Linton, has been building her brick spectacle since September and included landmarks known to locals.
She started making…

9pm, Sky Atlantic
This breathless romp, adapted by Joe Barton from Peter Shaffer’s play, casts the 18th-century Viennese court as a place of intrigue, power games and debauchery. Into this milieu arrives a prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart…