Tom Ingall

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Natalie, also from Doncaster, was handed her three-month-old nephew in 2020. "He was handed like a parcel at my garden gate by social services, on a hot summer's day. and came with nothing except some winter clothing and blankets," she said. She was given a week's notice that a baby was coming into her care. "You don't get any time to prepare physically or mentally, for items you might need," she said. "As a single person I had nothing for a child.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Grace Wood |Tom Ingall

'You wouldn't expect a birth parent back at work the next day'Grace Wood & Tom IngallBBCSamantha had to give up her job to care for her great-nephewA mother has called for "equality" for carers who take on responsibility for children in the family who are not their own. Under current legislation, kinship carers are not entitled to statutory paid employment leave when they take on the care of a child – unlike families who give birth or adopt.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Grace Wood |Tom Ingall

'You wouldn't expect a birth parent back at work the next day'Samantha had to give up her job to care for her great-nephew [BBC]A mother has called for "equality" for carers who take on responsibility for children in the family who are not their own. Under current legislation, kinship carers are not entitled to statutory paid employment leave when they take on the care of a child – unlike families who give birth or adopt.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Tom MacDougall |Tom Ingall

Funeral display for Miners' Strike 'inspiration'Tom MacDougall & Tom IngallTom Ingall/BBCAnne Scargill's coffin arrived at Barnsley's crematorium draped with the legend "we are women, we are strong"The funeral of Anne Scargill, the activist and campaigner who co-founded the national Women Against Pit Closures movement amid mass shutdowns in the 1980s, took place in her home town earlier. Ms Scargill, from Barnsley, died in April aged 83. She had been living with dementia in a nursing home.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Adam Laver |Tom Ingall

Titchmarsh in town to open new fountainAdam Laver & Tom IngallEmma MarsdenAlan Titchmarsh said Ilkley's new fountain brought "such life" to the town centreTV gardener Alan Titchmarsh said a new fountain installed in Ilkley would bring "such life" to the town centre. The water feature was unveiled at the top of Brook Street, as crowds gathered in the sunny weather. Installed in 1886, the original Victorian fountain was removed after it was damaged by vandals in the 1960s.