Agency now close to preventing another 2015 flooding disaster
SIX years after York was devastated by flooding, environment chiefs are finally close to preventing such a disaster happening again.
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SIX years after York was devastated by flooding, environment chiefs are finally close to preventing such a disaster happening again.
Ten years have passed since a BBC Panorama investigation exposed the shocking scale of abuse suffered by residents of Winterbourne View Hospital. Footage showed patients violently restrained, pinned under chairs, forced under cold showers as punishment, and even one woman who had mouthwash poured into her eyes. Simon - whose mother Ann Earley lives in the Devizes area - was relentlessly bullied by staff members during his time at the now closed assessment and treatment unit near Hambrook, in south Gloucestershire. Fellow resident Simone, also from Devizes, was also been subject to ...