Surrey County Council has turned around previous "inadequate" Ofsted ratings to secure a "good" label for its children's services. An inspection of the authority's children's services was carried out in March and the report published on Friday. The county council …
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The UK's oldest surviving World War Two veteran will be part of a special hour-long episode of The One Show to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. War hero Donald Rose, who turned 110 on Christmas Eve, enjoyed a …
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"Never before has Derbyshire seen such wholesale changes to the political landscape." That is what Alan Graves told the county council's first full meeting in Matlock this week since the local elections saw them sweep to power. With the Conservatives …
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Firms from across Surrey will gather on Monday for what organisers say is the largest event of its kind to be held in the county for two decades. The Business In Surrey spring expo is being held at the Surrey …
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A woman has been killed in an axe attack at the University of Warsaw in Poland, police said. The university said she was a staff member and had come under attack in the main campus building on Wednesday evening. A …
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Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America for US users on its maps service, Claudia Sheinbaum has said. The Mexican president did not say where the lawsuit had …
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A man who killed a rival football fan with a single punch has been jailed. Jake Balmforth, 35, punched Tony Johnson, as rival fans clashed outside The Manchester pub on Blackpool Promenade after Blackpool played Burnley on 4 March 2023. …
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The government does not provide enough funding for hospices, according to the outgoing boss of a Derbyshire site who is calling for more financial support for end of life care. Julie Heath, CEO of Treetops Hospice in Risley, told the …
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A woman who discovered a body had been buried in her future grave is "happy" an exhumation will take place. Sallyann Anderson paid for a plot beside her parents' graves in 2018. But when she visited Coney Hill Cemetery and …
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A grieving family has paid tribute to a biker who died in a crash with a car in Edinburgh. Ian Harrower, from Rosyth, Fife, died at the scene after his Kawasaki bike was involved in an incident with a Peugeot …