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• Day of spotty surprises gives dog-lover Kit 101 reasons to celebrate

  28-07-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Chichester care home resident has celebrated her 101st birthday with a 101 Dalmatians-themed party.Dog-lover Kit Downing was the star of the show as Colten Care’s Wellington Grange enjoyed a black and white makeover for the occasion.  Wearing a spotted blouse and dog-ear headband, Kit first of all welcomed daughter Ann Davis and granddaughter Emma Stokes for a private get-together in her room. The three were then invited to join staff and fellow residents in the home&rsquo
  
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• Dire poverty in north-east England ‘driving many more children into care’

  28-07-2021 11:26
  
  Directors of children’s services say region is in ‘vicious cycle’ after 77% rise in care populationThe 12 directors of children’s services in the north-east of England have warned that “shameful” levels of poverty in the region are driving dramatic rises in child protection intervention and the number of children in care.The north-east has the highest rate of referrals to children’s social care in the UK, significantly higher than the national average, a
  
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• Construction starts on new accessible homes in Greenock

  28-07-2021 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  CONSTRUCTION has begun on a development of new homes in Greenock which will enable older people and people with disabilities to live as independently as possible.Blackwood Housing and Care is transforming MacLehose Court on Eldon Road into modern, self-contained flats which will support people with a range of mobility issues.Working with contractors GHI Ltd, the redevelopment will see the former care home transformed into 22 new accessible homes.Blackwood aims to make the new homes ava
  
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• A moment that changed me: my mother died – and I became my brother’s legal guardian

  28-07-2021 08:00
  
  I had told my mum that I would look after Declan after her death. But standing in an airport car park, the ramifications began to rush through my headIt was in Stansted airport’s Pink Elephant car park that I realised all the adults were going home. It was early January 2007 and we had just returned from Mum’s funeral in Derry. I watched as uncles and aunts ambled over to their cars, and there the three of us were left: me, 25, my girlfriend, Jade, 26, and my little brother, Declan,
  
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