Drayton Manor theme park fined £1million over ‘safety failings’ after death of Evha Jannath

Drayton Manor theme park’s operators have been fined £1million after safety failings which led to the death of an 11-year-old girl on its water rapids ride. Evha Jannath was ‘propelled’ from a vessel on the Splash Canyon ride at Drayton Manor in Staffordshire in May 2017. She was there during an end-of-year school trip with … Read more

ReAssure customers ‘at their wits’ end’ over failings

ReAssure customers with old L&G policies ‘at their wits’ end’ over failings Reassure took over L&G insurance-based savings and pensions business  Readers with old L&G policies have complained of having contributions stopped  Others have been unable to get through to ReAssure to complain  By Colin Nicholson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 … Read more

Commanding officer of ‘toxic’ organised crime police unit admits ‘management failings’

The commanding officer of a ‘toxic’ specialist police unit accepts that his ‘failings of management’ helped lead to the discriminatory culture that developed amongst his officers, a tribunal heard today.   Six officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s Serious Organised Crime Unit (Socu) office in Basingstoke, Hampshire were all found guilty of gross misconduct after they were recorded … Read more

Almost 40% of maternity units are hit by failings, watchdog says

Almost 40% of maternity units are hit by failings: Huge number of centres for mothers-to-be are failing to meet basic safety standards, health watchdog warns Nearly four in ten maternity services are failing to meet basic safety standards, a safety watchdog has warned 38 per cent of units were currently rated as ‘requiring improvement for … Read more

NHS chief slams ministers for trying to shift the blame for coronavirus failings onto health bosses

Chief executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson (pictured) said ‘years of underfunding’ for PHE and public health more generally have left the country unprepared to deal with a pandemic Ministers have been accused of seeking to deflect attention from their own handling of the coronavirus crisis after reports Public Health England is to be broken … Read more

City watchdog warns of serious failings in the equity release market

Money Mail today exposes how pushy equity release salesmen are getting rich by draining the property wealth built up over decades by elderly homeowners. Our investigation reveals how vulnerable customers are bombarded with calls, emails and letters encouraging them to take out expensive loans that can quickly wipe out a lifetime of mortgage payments. And … Read more

Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’, damning new report warns 

Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’ and officials are not learning lessons from incidents in which freed offenders go on to commit horrific crimes, damning new report warns Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russel says internal checks are not sufficient He says the Government is ‘not doing enough to learn from past mistakes’ System … Read more