6 h. ago Owl described as ‘fighter’ set to fly free after falling into cement mixer in Utah

Staff at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab spent days cleaning the concrete-covered great horned owl An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in south-western Utah is expected to fly free again after it was painstakingly cleaned by animal sanctuary workers who described the bird as a “fighter”.The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort in the south-western part of the state and arrived at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, earlier this month with its face, chest and right wing covered in dried concrete. After making sure the bird could breathe, sanctuary workers spent days cracking apart the concrete using forceps and cleaning its feathers using toothbrushes, dish soap and their fingers. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago How was this woman allowed to work with vulnerable children? Health care assistant who had relationship with inmate while working at Broadmoor got job helping special needs pupils

Laura Horton was appointed director of Berkshire-based Remedicare Education despite being under investigation for smuggling drugs into high-security prisons across the country.

Society

7 d. ago Cop brutally attacked by jogger speaks out as violence against officers soars

Constable Darren Gallagher was punched in the face by a jogger after he asked him for help in tracing a vulnerable woman

Events

8 d. ago Taxi driver who filmed himself raping vulnerable woman over five years jailed in Guildford

Lance Melville Percival has been jailed at Guildford Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to a sick slew of crimes against a vulnerable women, many of which he filmed

Events

3 w. ago Inside filthy brothel where grooming gang members plied vulnerable woman with drugs and whisky

Pictures released after the trial show a dirty bed with a stained mattress and what appears to be a glass with alcohol on the floor.

Events

3 w. ago Woman locked in garage for 5 years by sick couple who ‘fed her porridge laced with soap'

A woman escaped after allegedly being held captive, starved, drugged, and forced to live in a tent and garage for years by an elderly couple. Police say she lost 50kg and was washed with bleach

Politics

3 w. ago Couple ‘locked vulnerable woman in garage for five years’ and ‘forced her to eat porridge with dish soap’

The victim lost 50kg and had her bank account and benefits drained during the horrific ordeal in western France

Politics

4 w. ago Woman manages to escape after 'five years locked in a garage by French couple who forced her to sleep in a deckchair, eat detergent

The 45-year-old was held in the commune of Saint-Molf, north of Guerande, by an 82-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman who have since been charged with 'abduction with torture or acts of barbarism'.

Politics

4 w. ago New picture released as desperate search for 'vulnerable' woman, 76, goes on

Susette has gone missing in Oldham

Politics

4 w. ago Council failed to protect vulnerable north London woman after her home was taken over by drug dealers, report finds

An Ombudsman found a ‘number of failures’ on the part of Brent Council to provide help and support to the woman

Events