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Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent latest update
Source: UK Health Security Agency published on this website Wednesday 18 March 2026 by Jil Powell
Update 18 March
The UK Health Security Agency is continuing to investigate an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Kent. As of 5pm on 17 March, 9 laboratory cases are confirmed and 11 notifications remain under investigation, bringing the total to 20. Six of the confirmed cases are confirmed to...
Read More..........Major funding boost to divert women from a life of crime
Source: Ministry of Justice published on this website Tuesday 17 March 2029 by Jill Powell
New government investment will enable women’s centres and charities across the country to deliver vital specialist help to female offenders, the overwhelming majority of whom are themselves victims of crime.
The multi‑year package&...
Read More..........Ofsted announces new pilot to use more serving school and college leaders as inspectors
Source: Ofsted published on this website Monday 16 March 2025 by Jill Powell
Ofsted has announced that it is piloting a new way of involving more serving education leaders in the inspections of schools and further education providers.
Inspections already bring together the expertise of Ofsted’s full-time His Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) and the real-time sector knowledge o...
Read More..........Gloucestershire woman who imprisoned victim for over 20 years is jailed
Source: Crown Prosecution Service Prosecution Service (CPS) Published on this website Friday 13 March 2026 by Jill Powell
A woman from Tewkesbury who kept another woman captive for over 20 years and forced her to carry out labour in her home has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.
Amanda Wixon, 56, was convicted by a jury at Gloucestershire Crown Court in January of two counts of forced or ...
Read More..........First time an e-bike rider has been sentenced for manslaughter after crashing into an elderly man
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Thursday 12 March 2026 by Jill Powell
An e-bike cyclist who killed an elderly man while riding on the pavement has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years for his manslaughter in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Clifford Cage was riding an e-bike along City Way in Rochester ...
Read More..........Sexual health doctor sentenced after assaulting and secretly filming patients for his own sexual gratification
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Wednesday 11 March2026 by Jill Powell
A doctor who exploited patients by sexually assaulting them and secretly filming them during routine examinations has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Dr Timothy Girling, 55, of West Molesey, Surrey, carried out intimate physical examinations at at a medical centre in Bournemou...
Read More..........Baroness Casey calls for a moment of reckoning on adult social care
Source: Independent Commission on Adult Social Care published on this website Tuesday 10 March 2026 by Jill Powell
In a speech on the 5 March at the Nuffield Trust Summit, Baroness Casey said social care has never had its own “creation moment” and called for a national reckoning equivalent to Beveridge’s reforms in 1948.
In her speech, Baroness...
Read More..........Register your interest: Assessment framework engagement events - spring 2026
Source: Care Quality Commission (CQC) published on this website Monday 9 2026 by Jill Powell
An Invitation from the CQC
Dear colleagues,
We're excited to invite you to express your interest in joining our upcoming assessment framework engagement events taking place around the country this spring.
Led by our Chief Inspectors, these all-day‑ events will bring together a dive...
Read More..........Stronger protections for children with allergies in school
Source: Department for Education published on this website Friday 6 March 2026 by Jill Powell
Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new plans announced 5 March 2026.
The move will also see compulsory training for teachers and a requirement for each school to have a dedicated allergy policy.
As well as saving lives, the new measures will help children stay ...
Read More..........Man on driving test in St Helens arrested for drug driving
Source: Merseyside Police published on this website Thursday 5 March 2026 by Jill Powell
A man who was in the middle of his driving test in St Helens was stopped by officers and arrested for drug driving.
At around 5pm Sunday 1 March, officers on patrol in the area stopped a vehicle on King Street after spotting that a brake light wasn’t working.
Officers could smell cannabis when speaking to t...
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