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• Basic income pilot scheme for care leavers to be trialled in Wales

  15-02-2022 23:00
  
  Young people leaving care to be offered £1600 a month for two years from the month after their 18th birthdayAll young people leaving care in Wales at the age of 18 are to be offered the chance to take part in a basic income pilot scheme under which they will receive £1,600 a month for up to two years.The money will be given unconditionally and participants will be able to earn from paid jobs on top of the basic income with ministers hoping it will help give some of the most vulnerabl
  
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• Bolton children’s home shut down for ‘serious and widespread failures’

  15-02-2022 20:13
  
  Ofsted immediately suspended the registration of the home after an inspection last monthA children’s home in Bolton has been shut down after inspectors found that one boy had not bathed, changed his clothes or been provided with a home-cooked meal since he arrived in September 2021.Inexperienced and underqualified staff had not entered one bedroom for more than four months despite evidence of flies and “a pungent smell” that spread throughout the home, Ofsted inspectors discove
  
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• Human olfactory mucosa cell model opens a new perspective on Alzheimer’s disease

  15-02-2022 15:25
  Researchers have developed and characterized a new cell model for Alzheimer's disease that has wide utility for research and could prove useful in early diagnosis and testing of new therapies.
  
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• Lenka: a portrait of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic – documentary

  15-02-2022 13:00
  
  An intimate portrayal of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic, Europe’s largest producer, through the life of Lenka, an addict of over 20 years. Lenka’s elderly parents rely on her for social care and labour on their land, while she relies on the drug to fuel all that is required of her at home. Beyond her home life, her relationship is breaking down and her dealer has gone awol, forcing her to make some painful decisions. The country has a long and complex history with th
  
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• Plan to change social housing rules will aid domestic abuse victims

  15-02-2022 07:00
  
  Proposal to scrap local connection test would make it easier for victims to move away from their abuserDomestic abuse survivors will find it easier to move away from perpetrators under proposals unveiled by ministers.The plans, which are being put out to consultation, would see the so-called local connection test scrapped. The test can stop victims from applying for social housing if they do not have a connection to a local area, potentially forcing an abuse survivor to live in the same communit
  
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• Plan to change social housing rules to help domestic abuse victims

  15-02-2022 07:00
  
  Proposal to scrap local connection test would make it easier for victims to move away from abusersDomestic abuse survivors will find it easier to move away from perpetrators under proposals announced by ministers.The plans, which are being put out to consultation, would see the so-called local connection test scrapped. The test can stop victims from applying for social housing if they do not have a connection to a local area, potentially forcing an abuse survivor to live in the same community as
  
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• ‘After a week in the job, I couldn’t stop smiling’: the joy – and heartbreak – of life as a care worker

  15-02-2022 07:00
  
  Chevonne Baker loves her work and the elderly people she looks after. But even at the best of times it is exhausting and poorly paid – and this winter she’s had to cope with Covid and a staffing crisisChevonne Baker does this job because she is good at it, because she cares. She gets a sense of pride when her clients brighten up as she walks into the room. She credits her success as a care worker to her brisk efficiency, tempered with empathy. When a client is difficult, Baker keeps
  
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