News round up: Nurses offered 8% pay deal

April 8, 2008 in Community Care

Johnson offers nurses pay rise of nearly 8% over next three years
Alan Johnson, the health secretary, appeared yesterday to have averted the threat of industrial action across the NHS in England with a pay offer for 1.2 million nurses and ancillary staff worth almost 8% over three years.

Social care worker stabbed to death at community home
An experienced social care worker was stabbed to death yesterday while visiting a client at a “care in the community” home which has won praise from neighbours in a quiet city suburb.

Solicitor stole £1.2m from quadriplegic client
A solicitor has been jailed for 10 years after enjoying a life of “obscene extravagance” on £1.2 million he stole from a disabled client.

Schoolgirl sentenced
A schoolgirl who stabbed a young mother to death while high on drink and drugs must serve a minimum of 15 years, a judge at Newcastle Crown Court said.

‘Hoodies’ were the scourge of Medieval London
They are the symbol of today’s disaffected youth but a historian has revealed that the hoodie-wearing yob is not just a modern problem.

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UK to accelerate opening of academies
The annual target for opening new academy schools is set to rise by more than a quarter as ministers move to disarm critics who claim the government is backsliding on Blairite reforms.