Hands up all those who bemoan the fact that people these days just turn a blind eye when someone is in trouble! well now we have a good example of someone going out of their way to help, and then getting punished for it!
It was a random act of kindness that should have been rewarded.
But Julie Colclough’s decision to help an injured pensioner ended up costing her £100.
The 27-year-old doctor had arrived early to catch a train when she saw an elderly man fall outside the station.
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No Government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls said today.
He was speaking on GMTV this morning as the government prepares to put forward legislation to protect vulnerable children.
It follows the case of Baby P who died after suffering more than 50 injuries.
Mr Balls is expected to install new bosses in the crisis-hit department in Haringey when an urgent inquiry is completed into the toddler’s violent death.
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Concern is growing over the safety of a mother who fled with her five daughters after learning they may be taken into care.
Natalie Bracht, 35, vanished from her home in Sunderland along with her children aged between five and 13.
Miss Bracht, who suffers from a personality disorder, was told she would almost certainly lose them after medical experts expressed concern for their welfare while in her care.
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Kerry Katona has been sent for medical tests for alcoholism in an effort to save her £250,000 Iceland deal.
Bosses of the frozen food giant have booked her into a clinic in the wake of her disastrous appearance on This Morning.
Her husband Mark Croft revealed today: ‘Iceland sorted everything out for us. They said: “We’re concerned about Kerry, and want to make sure everything is fine”‘.
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A newborn boy died after a ‘holistic’ midwife delayed sending his mother to hospital during a home birth, a hearing was told today.
Deborah Purdue, 47, failed to monitor the woman and ignored clear warning signs the baby was in distress, the Nursing and Midwifery Council was told.
She was said to have ignored a monitor which repeatedly showed the unborn child had an increased heart rate.
The hearing was told that at one stage Purdue went for a walk, leaving the first-time mother unattended, and then delayed carrying out an examination on …

A mother who surfed a dating website for men hours after smothering her three-year- old son to death was jailed for life yesterday.
Tara Haigh saw her son Billy as an ‘inconvenience’ to her ’socialising and dating’, police said.
Hours after holding a pillow over her son’s face, the 24-year-old began using the internet  -  telling one acquaintance on the site Girls Date For Free, that her son had died because of a tumour behind his ear.
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He is one of entertainment’s most successful men, worth £100million.
But there was one thing Simon Cowell could not offer long-term girlfriend Terri Seymour – a baby.
TV presenter Terri, 33, dumped Simon, 49, after six years of romance because he refused to start a family.
She issued the X Factor judge with a “stay forever or go” ultimatum after their six-year relationship hit the rocks.
She had become deeply insecure as Simon refused to have children.
She said, “I always thought Simon was The One but couldn’t ignore the fact he wouldn’t give me …

Growing numbers of parents are hiring lawyers before applying to popular state schools.
They are paying hundreds of pounds for advice on form-filling and the distance they need to move from their chosen school.
Parents’ groups said it showed the lengths some families will go to secure good school places.
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Couples may soon be given the option of screening embryos for all genetic diseases after a revolutionary breakthrough by British scientists.
A ‘universal test,’ which will allow prospective parents at risk of passing on gene defects to conceive healthy children with IVF, is understood to be nearing completion.
The test can identify the genetic defects behind conditions such as muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease.
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The government will today propose an amendment to the Pensions Bill to allow people to buy up to an additional six years of voluntary National Insurance contributions, over and above those permitted under the current time limits, in order to enjoy a higher state pension.
The government will today propose an amendment to the Pensions Bill to allow people to buy up to an additional six years of voluntary National Insurance contributions, over and above those permitted under the current time limits, in order to enjoy a higher state pension.
The measures …