A WOMAN continued cashing her mother- in- law’s pension for more than a year after she had died. Leonora Casey passed away on September 30, 2009, which meant her Tyne and Wear public sector pension should have been stopped. But Newcastle Crown Court...
SUNDERLAND City Council has spent almost £ 80,000 on helping staff cope with stressrelated illnesses. The authority paid out £ 78,685.88 to Alliance Psychological Services for employee counselling in 2011, according to a Freedom of Information...
A WOMAN mounted a Facebook vendetta against a social worker after her family life collapsed. Melain Brass began asking friends of the safeguarding officer for personal information about him via the social networking website. The 34- year- old then...