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50 Years of Pink Floyd Coming to Unusual Northern Locations... Paradox Orchestra celebrates one of the most influential rock groups in history performing in the north's much-loved venues including Selby Abbey, Sheffield Cathedral and Huddersfield Town Hall. The candle-lit 25-strong string orchestra will perform iconic hits from Pink Floyd's seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon

Herefordshire Council has been hit with an Improvement notice from the Government after a judge blasted its children's services. The notice from the Department for Education follows significant concerns raised in a recent High Court judgement which led to an urgent and thorough external review of Herefordshire Children’s Social Care Services. The improvement notice includes the appointment of Gladys Rhodes White as an improvement adviser for a minimum of 12 months, and until such time that the Secretary of State is satisfied that she is no longer required. Mrs Rhodes White will prov...

A NEW interim director is among those drafted in to help turn around Herefordshire's failing children's services department after a raft of failings were exposed in a damning judgement. Councillors hit out at a culture of lies, delays, and misdirection which prevented proper scrutiny of the department, while staff were said to be too frightened to speak out against poor practice at an extraordinary meeting called to receive the judgement and vote on a series of improvement measures on April 27. But, councillors were told, action is being taken, with new interim director Cath Knowles dra...

Council vows to ‘leave no stone unturned’ in identifying social care failings following damning judgment Members describe longstanding culture of 'obfuscation and delay' in children’s services in approving improvement strategy drawn up in wake of false abuse allegations case Photo: EtiAmmos/Fotolia The recommendations were put forward at an extraordinary meeting this week where councillors described frustration at being obstructed from scrutinising children’s services and progress on previous improvement plans by “smoke and mirrors” and “slick assurances” from senior managers...

A FULL review of all cases currently being handled by Herefordshire's children's services will take place after a damning judgement found serious failures in the department. An extraordinary meeting of Herefordshire Council heard on April 27 that the Department for Education had commissioned Essex children's services to undertake an immediate 'helicopter' review of looked after care cases to identify issues earlier this month after a judge found a string of failures in the county's children's social care services. Essex reviewed 19 cases selected independently from a full case list and ...