Government cuts therapy funding for adopted children

Government cuts therapy funding for adopted children

The government is facing a backlash for "slipping out" cuts to the amount that families can access for adopted children to have therapy.The Fair Access Limit (FAL) will be reduced from £5,000 to £3,000 as part of a package of changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Fund (ASGF), which helped nearly 20,000 children last year.Politics Live: Judges rule on definition of a woman - as campaigners celebrateThe cuts were confirmed in an email to the sector over parliament's Easter […]

16/04/2025

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Cyprus attorney general appeals after Israeli men cleared of gang raping British tourist

The attorney general of Cyprus attorney has appealed against the acquittal of five Israeli men accused of gang raping a British tourist on the island.The woman, then 20, said one of them forcibly took her to his hotel room before the others joined the attack during a pool party in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa on 3 September 2023.All five of the men, then aged 19 and 20, denied charges, including rape, sexual assault and abduction and have […]

16/04/2025

Haggle your way to £100 off, the £8 rule and who has the best perks: How to get a better mobile deal

Small mobile network providers have outclassed the big four in a survey of more than 4,000 customers - especially when it comes to value for money.EE, O2, Three and Vodafone, all of whom are charging annual price rises, were outshone by the likes of Smarty, Voxi and Talkmobile in customer scores collected by Which?.Read all the latest Money news hereWith that in mind, our Money team joined forces with the consumer champion to produce a guide to getting a good […]

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Bodycam footage of Gene Hackman’s home released

Body camera footage of Gene Hackman's home has been released by authorities investigating the deaths of the actor and his wife.The video captured by Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office shows officers inside and outside the property in northern New Mexico, with a German shepherd barking at some points as they carry out their search. Image: Hackman and Arakawa pictured in 2003. Pic: AP/ Mark J Terrill The bodies of Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found in […]

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Skin cancer detection firm lands £15m to fund growth plans

A British health technology company which uses AI to conduct skin cancer tests within five minutes has landed £15m in a funding round led by a leading global financier.Sky News has learnt that Skin Analytics, whose Derm device has been shown to diagnose the disease with a 99.9% accuracy rate, will this week announce the closing of its Series B fundraising.Skin Analytics, whose partnership with London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was branded a world first, plans to use its injection […]

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Millions tune in to see 24-hour live coverage of annual moose migration

Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to one of TV's unlikely hits over the next few weeks, as herds of moose make their annual spring migration toward summer grazing pastures.Nine million people watched Sweden's Great Moose Migration last year, despite not much happening for hours at a time.From now until May 4, remote cameras track dozens of the animals as they swim across the Angerman River, some 187 miles northwest of Stockholm. Image: The 24-hour live stream began […]

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Colossal squid captured on film in its natural environment for first time ever

Colossal squid captured on film in its natural environment for first time ever | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News Experts believe colossal squid eventually grow up to 7m (23ft) in length - and can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lbs). That's equivalent to a Fiat 500 car, making it the heaviest invertebrate on the planet.Connor Sephton News reporter @ConnorSephton Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:58, UK Image: This juvenile colossal squid is just 30cm long - but could grow […]

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‘The end of 4chan as we know it’: Why hacking attack could kill notorious internet forum

4Chan, an online forum notorious for its extreme right-wing content, appears to have been hacked - in a development some believe could spell the end of the controversial messageboard.The concept of 4Chan is simple: anonymous users share pictures and text in forums.Moderators monitor conversations, but the forum is infamous as a place for gory videos, non-consensual pornography and extremist views.The website got mainstream attention in 2014 during Gamergate - a harassment campaign against women in gaming that resulted in bomb […]

16/04/2025

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Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence

Tommy Robinson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against the length of his prison sentence for contempt of court.The far-right political activist, 42, was jailed for 18 months in October last year after admitting breaching a 2021 High Court order banning him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was told his sentence would be shortened by four months if he "purged" the contempt by removing the […]

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