4 d. ago ‘I was watching osprey for five hours a day’: how the world fell in love with nature live streams

More and more people are hooked on watching animals in real time. Now researchers say it could even improve your mood, help you relax and give you better sleepIn 2012 Dianne Hoffman, a retired consultant, became a peeping Tom. For five hours a day she watched the antics of a couple, Harriet and Ozzie, who lived on Dunrovin ranch in Montana.The pair were nesting ospreys, being streamed live as they incubated their clutch of eggs. The eggs never hatched, but the ospreys sat on them for months before finally kicking them out of the nest. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Two murderers, a kidnap gang and a social worker amongst those locked up this week in Greater Manchester

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the latest criminals to be jailed in Greater Manchester this week

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7 d. ago Social worker jailed after 'profoundly wrong' sexual encounter but he said it was 'wonderful'

Martin Rosenfield has been jailed for six months after he admitted his behaviour amounted to misconduct in a public office.

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8 d. ago Paisley social care worker given warning after falsely recording home visits

The Scottish Social Services Council ruled that her actions "were dishonest".

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8 d. ago Renfrewshire social worker warned after swearing at two vulnerable clients

A report was compiled by the Scottish Social Services Council.

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8 d. ago Woman in Australia’s mushroom triple murder trial told social worker ex

Erin Patterson told child protection worker her separated husband had become ‘nasty towards her’

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3 w. ago Peeping tom who hid spycam in flower vase to watch neighbour get changed must tell a social worker if he gets a girlfriend

There was more than 40 hours of the 65-year-old in varying states of undress at her home in Perthshire after she rejected his 'deeper romantic feelings'.

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3 w. ago Sex pest banned from having girlfriend after horror act with hidden camera

Andrew Thomas, 49, was caught recording his 65-year-old neighbour changing in her bedroom with an iPhone stuck to a vase of artificial flowers near to Pitlochry, Scotland

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4 w. ago My cousin Ziyad loved his family, Gaza’s candies and life. A bomb ended all that on Friday night | Ghada Ageel

When Israeli strikes killed 45 members of my family, Ziyad rushed to try to save them – this time, he was the victim. I write of him to defy the darknessMy cousin Ziyad was too young to die. He was sleeping at home in Khan Younis refugee camp when the bombs fell just before midnight on Friday. After they heard the explosion, my cousins Mohammed and Moatsem ran to save him, they told me, but he had already died in his bed. He was 44.Ziyad was a social worker for Unrwa, working with vulnerable families in Gaza’s refugee camps. Every summer when I visited Gaza from my home in Canada, he would buy my little son candies from Asa’ad’s shop – now gone with Asa’ad (who was killed in October 2023) – insisting that Gaza’s candies were the best in the world. Everyone in Khan Younis knew him for his calm presence, gentle spirit and warm smile. He was always ready to help – the words “no” or “I can’t” were never part of his vocabulary. The night before he was killed, he visited the wounded and s...

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4 w. ago Dozens of my family have been killed by Israel in Gaza, and now Ziyad, too. Only one thing gives me solace | Ghada Ageel

My cousin smiled at everyone, bought my son candies, rushed to help when the bombs fell. All that ended on Friday nightMy cousin Ziyad was too young to die. He was sleeping at home in Khan Younis refugee camp when the bombs fell just before midnight on Friday. After they heard the explosion, my cousins Mohammed and Moatsem ran to save him, they told me, but he had already died in his bed. He was 44.Ziyad was a social worker for Unrwa, working with vulnerable families in Gaza’s refugee camps. Every summer when I visited Gaza from my home in Canada, he would buy my little son candies from Asa’ad’s shop – now gone with Asa’ad (who was killed in October 2023) – insisting that Gaza’s candies were the best in the world. Everyone in Khan Younis knew him for his calm presence, gentle spirit and warm smile. He was always ready to help – the words “no” or “I can’t” were never part of his vocabulary. The night before he was killed, he visited the wounded and sick, including my uncle, Kamal. Co...

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last month I thought my landlord was the kindest man you could ever meet

Heidi Marney appeared on the ITV show to chat to Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48, the new upcoming Channel 5 documentary Peeping Tom: The Landlord and His Secret Camera.

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