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Leaflet for the family and friends of a person who needs ongoing care and support after leaving hospital.
As students prepare for freshers’ week, new research has found that nearly half of students worry they would be judged if they admitted to feeling lonely.
Writing in The Telegraph, Foreign Secretary David Cameron and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné celebrate 120 years of cooperation between our two countries
A call about illegal fishing on the River Wye made to the Derbyshire Police Rural Crime team has led to a penalty of £1,502 for two fishermen friends.
Guidance on the provisions relating to an applicant’s local connection with an area and explains the procedures for referring an applicant to another housing authority.
Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity
A day’s fishing trip has cost two friends from Stafford a total penalty of £998 when both were found fishing in the close season and one had no licence to fish.
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