Prisoner Escapes In Manchester City Centre

A man convicted of attempted murder has escaped while on an escorted visit in Manchester. Stephen Edwards, 44, of HMP Risley in Cheshire, was with guards when he went missing on Wednesday afternoon. Greater Manchester Police have launched searches "up and down the country" to hunt the prisoner, who has already served seven years.

Children Left 'Home Alone'

A woman has been arrested and bailed after a baby and toddler were found home alone at a house in West Yorkshire. The children aged seven months and 18 months were discovered by officers at property in Hunslet, Leeds on Wednesday morning. West Yorkshire Police confirmed there was no adult present at the property, and the cildren had been taken into the care of social services. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Officers entered a property in Hunslet just before 5am today where two children aged seven months and 18 months were found and no adult was present. Social services were informed and the children were taken into care."

HSE Warning After Death Of Care Home Resident

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned the care industry to ensure they identify the risks in their workplace and manage them, following the death of a 56-year-old man at a residential care home in St Albans. MacIntyre Care, with their head office based in central Milton Keynes, was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £2,476, at St Albans Magistrates' Court today (Tuesday, 4 November), after pleading guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. On 26 February 2007, a resident of MacIntyre Care home on Crosby Close in St Albans, fell whilst being hoisted from a chair to his bed. It was necessary to use the hoist as the resident had profound physical disabilities. As a result of the fall the resident suffered fractures to one of his hip bones and his elbow - and later died of sepsis, with the coroner highlighting the fall as a contributing factor to his death. An inadequately trained employee was entrusted to hoist the resident and failed to attach the sling properly to the hoist.

Piling Complete On First Three Blocks Of Olympic Village

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced that piling has been completed on the first three blocks of the Olympic Village with construction work continuing to make good progress on the site. The first two tower cranes have been erected on site prior to commencing work on the superstructure later this year. ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: "We continue to make good progress on the Olympic Village with piling now complete on the first three blocks. This maintains momentum as we work hard to resolve the long-term funding arrangements over the coming months."

(JM)