Uncle Harry gets nappy-changing practice
Prince Harry will have to brush up on his nappy-changing skills before he becomes an uncle later this year.
Rebecca Adlington retires from competitive swimming
Britain's double Olympic champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington has retired from competition to concentrate on grassroots coaching,.
Controlled explosion brings down cooling towers
The cooling towers of a former coal fired power station have been demolished after 50 years on the Nottinghamshire skyline.
Live updates
Police guard home where remains of two people found
Police officers are standing guard outside a home near Mansfield where the remains of two people have been unearthed in the back garden.
Map of Mansfield location where remains discovered
Remains of two bodies have been found in the back garden of a house on Blenheim Close, in Forest Town, Mansfield.
Police are still investigating at the scene.
Advertisement
Police: Two bodies found in back garden near Mansfield
The remains of two people have been found in the back garden of a property in Nottinghamshire, police have confirmed.
Police believe the bodies, which were found at a property near Mansfield, had been there for some time.
Officers were led to the address after information came to light about an "incident" alleged to have taken place in the late 1990s.
The remains have not been formally identified but post-mortem examinations to establish the cause of death are due to take place today.
CQC referred care home after whistleblower calls
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says it referred a care home in Nottingham to the local authority after receiving calls from a whistleblower:
– care quality commission statementThe anonymous whistleblowing calls prompted a safeguarding referral to the local authority, which is the usual protocol when an individual service user is named.
CQC worked closely with Nottingham City Council last year when concerns were found and residents were moved to alternative accommodation.
Care home whistleblower: We should have done more
A former employee of a care home that was closed last year following concerns about standards of care has said her attempts to end the abuse were ignored by her managers.
She told ITV News that she was accused of "neglecting the residents" and "not doing her job properly" after trying to report an assault on an elderly man.
“We kind of participated by standing by. We should have done more. One member of staff wanted to go to police, but was scared of losing their job," she told Channel 5 News.
Whistleblower saw resident 'being put in a neck choke'
A whistleblower has claimed she witnessed a member of staff at Autumn Grange care home in Nottingham putting an elderly resident "in a neck choke".
The former employee told Channel 5 News: “A member of staff had an old man of about 86 or 87 in a neck choke because he was refusing to go in his wheelchair."
She claimed she documented the man's bruises and was later disciplined as a result.
Speaking of the residents, she said: “Even though they had dementia, they understood they were in a place they shouldn’t be and they understood the treatment they were getting was wrong."
Advertisement
Whistleblower says she tried to stop care home abuse
A whistleblower who worked at a care home where 11 former workers were arrested yesterday on suspicion of manslaughter has told ITV News she tried to stop the abuse.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, said there was a "culture of neglect" at the residential home in Nottingham.
ITV News correspondent Rupert Evelyn reports:
Six people arrested in care home probe bailed
The remaining six people arrested on suspicion of manslaughter as part of an investigation into the death of a former care home resident have been released on bail, Nottinghamshire Police said.
A total of 11 people have been arrested in connection with the death of 86-year-old Ivy Atkin soon after she was moved from Autumn Grange care home in Nottingham.
Three men aged 77, 44, and 37, and three women aged 52, 25, and 29, were bailed pending further enquiries.
Five bailed in care home death inquiry
Five people arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of an elderly woman shortly after she was moved from a care home have been released on bail.
Ivy Atkin, 86, died on November 22 last year shortly after she had been moved following the closure of Autumn Grange care home in Sherwood Rise, Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police said two men, aged 56 and 64, and three women, aged 19, 20 and 28, were bailed pending further inquiries.
Six others, three men aged 37, 44 and 77 and three women aged 25, 29 and 52, remain in police custody where they are being questioned on suspicion of manslaughter as part of the inquiry.
Nottingham Council investigating 'care home death'
Nottingham Council have said that they are undertaking a Serious Case Review involving a range of partner agencies to look into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ivy Atkin, who died shortly after leaving the Autumn Grange care home.
– Candida Brudenell, Nottingham City Council’s Director of Adult Social ServicesLast year, when the owners of Autumn Grange informed us at short notice and in breach of their contract with us that they intended to close the home, we acted swiftly to move all residents to alternative homes. Sadly one resident later died, and I extend my sympathy to her family.
We have since been conducting a safeguarding investigation into issues at the home, in conjunction with the police and the Care Quality Commission and will continue to help the police with their investigation into the death of a former resident.