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CTV News
3 days ago
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Police, SIU investigating death of two men inside Burlington home
Police and the Special Investigations Unit are at a Burlington home on Tuesday morning. Police and the province's Special Investigations Unit are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of two men inside a home in Burlington early Tuesday morning. In a news release issued Tuesday, the SIU said at around 12:30 a.m., Halton Regional Police received multiple 911 calls from a residence on Cornerstone Drive, located in the area of Appleby Line and Dundas Street. The SIU said preliminary information suggests that when officers first arrived at the home for an unknown disturbance call, a man fled upstairs and was subsequently found with a self-inflicted injury. Despite life-saving efforts, the 28-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, the release read. The SIU said another man was later found dead inside the home. A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries, the SIU added. The SIU, an arms-length civilian agency, is called in to investigate any time an officer is involved in an incident that results in death, serious injuries, allegations sexual assault, or the discharge of a firearm at a person. Four investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case, the SIU said, and three witness officials have been designated. Halton Regional Police are conducting a parallel criminal investigation into the deadly incident. Police have not released any information about the relationship between the two men or the woman who was injured. In a post on social media, police noted that they do not believe there is any threat to public safety. On Tuesday, Halton police cruisers and an SIU vehicle could be seen parked outside the front of the home, which was cordoned off with police tape. One neighbour told CP24 that loud fights were common at the residence where police were called on Tuesday morning. 'We went to bed probably around 11:30 and around 12:30 we heard yelling and screaming but didn't get up to check it out just because I mean that's a regular occurrence since 2016, since I've been living here,' he said. The SIU said a spokesperson is expected to provide an update on the incident at a news conference at 10:30 a.m.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
'Inadequate' Halton children's services improving
Improvements have been made to a council's under-fire children's services department after being told it was failing but there remains "more to do", inspectors have Borough Council's children's services department was rated "inadequate" in all four areas of its inspection by Ofsted in May last was criticised for a lack of "stable and effective leadership" and "workforce instability", with a government inspector being sent in to help turn things around and a new department head was also has now published the results of a a two-day monitoring visit in April which found "strong political and corporate support" and "significant additional investment" was supporting progress towards improvement. In a letter to head of department Zoe Fearon published online, Ofsted said: "There is a refreshed recruitment strategy and more social workers have become permanent."Social workers have been provided with a wide range of training. The learning from training is supporting social workers to consolidate, refresh and develop their practice. This training is starting to impact positively on children's experiences." 'Increasing stability' However, the letter said that for some children, what it called "inconsistent management oversight" was not supporting timely decision continued: "There is more to do to ensure that children's individual needs inform the social work response. There is not a consistently effective response to children living in private fostering arrangements."In specific relation to fostering arrangements, the headline findings said for some children, there were "delays" in the initiation of private fostering assessments and the completion of full statutory checks, which "created uncertainty" about the safety and suitability of each fostering inspection took in a range of evidence, including electronic records, performance management information, case file audits and other information provided by senior managers and staff, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Their report added: "Once arrangements are approved, not all children receive the appropriate levels of management oversight."This means that any emerging needs and risk may not be responded to in a timely and effective way. There is more to do to raise awareness of private fostering and embed more consistent practice."The council has relied on significant numbers of temp agency social workers in the past, which had also resulted in large overspends due to the increased the report said there had been increasing stability in the workforce as well as training which had led to more purposeful "direct work" with children and families. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to
CBC
28-05-2025
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SIU investigating after 2 people seriously injured in Burlington, Ont., crash
Social Sharing Ontario's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision in Burlington that resulted in a 24-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy suffering serious injuries. According to the police watchdog, early Tuesday morning Halton Regional Police Service received two reports of home invasions — one in Oakville and one in Milton — including information about the description of the vehicle involved in both incidents. At about 4:20 a.m., an officer located the vehicle of interest in the area of Appleby Line and Number 2 Side Road, the SIU said in a news release. The officer proceeded to follow the vehicle northbound on Appleby Line. Meanwhile, on Appleby Line, north of Number 4 Side Road, police deployed a tire deflation device, the SIU said. A short time later, in the area of Appleby Line and Britannia Road, the vehicle of interest collided with a utility pole. Five males from the vehicle were arrested and taken to hospital, two of them with serious injuries, the SIU said. The SIU investigates cases of serious injury, death and allegations of sexual assault involving police, as well as cases where police discharge firearms at people. The SIU said three investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to the case.
CTV News
27-05-2025
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Car crash in Burlington sends 2 people to hospital: police
Appleby Line between Britannia and Derry roads in Burlington is closed for a crash investigation Two people have been taken to the hospital following a crash in Burlington on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred near Appleby Line and Derry Road. Images from the scene show a white car on its side and a knocked-down hydro pole. Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) said five people were located inside the car, two of whom were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries. They have not released any details about the circumstances that led to the crash. The cause is also unknown. Anyone with further information is asked to contact HRPS or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
BBC News
19-05-2025
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The unique 'rural oasis' village on the banks of the River Mersey
Here in the North West we are fortunate to have incredible countryside, bustling cities, award-winning beaches and not forgetting incredibly friendly year I wanted to reflect on the pride we have of our wonderful region and the people that make it such a fantastic place to I came up with BBC North West Tonight's 25 in 25, a series showcasing some of the best people and places in the north-west of seen some lovely sights, like the rolling hills in east Cheshire and the park with a huge heart in met some wonderful people, like the gang at The Hamlet in Wigan who work tirelessly to ensure young adults with additional needs have as much opportunities as you or I and not forgetting Pete the birdman in Westhoughton who instils calm amidst the chaos of every day. Earlier in the year I received an email from Malcolm Spargo which began: "I would like to nominate Hale Village near Liverpool as one of a potential location for your upcoming programme series."It caught my eye as, in my mind, Hale is a village in Greater Manchester.A quick glance on the map proved me wrong, how have I not heard of Hale Village in Halton? I booked a crew and off we first glance, how would I describe Hale Village?Picturesque with blooming flowers, green spaces and its beautiful thatched cottages gives the impression that this village remains largely as it was in the mid-20th century. The cenotaph greets you as you drive into the village and the canon outside the village hall suggests this is in fact a place of rich what I had in my mind's eye as I drove over on the and his wife Pam met me along with Mal Sutton the local historian, Mark Roberts the chairman of the parish council and Bill Webb the local proudly showed me their much loved town hall which the village raised money to a real "sense of community, we bring people together", Mark told me. "We are a team of people and we pay for ourselves through talent nights, bake offs, quiz nights," he said. "People of all ages help keep this place paying for itself."Mal Sutton told me about Hale's most famous son, who, according to folklore, was one of the tallest men in in 1578, John Middleton, the "Childe of Hale" as he became known, grew to a scarcely believable height of 9ft 3in (2.82m), if his epitaph is to be believed.A 3m-high bronze statue of the Childe of Hale stands proudly in the village across the road from the cottage where he told me that as a young boy he believed that the two windows on the side of the cottage were for John's feet to poke out of at Bill drove me across his land so we could take in the view of the River Mersey. Stood amongst tens of thousands of rapeseed flowers we could see Liverpool Airport, Hale Lighthouse, which sits on a sandstone cliff, with the hills of Frodsham and Helsby in the back drop."Hale Village is unique, our late Queen described it as a rural oasis," he said."We are surrounded by industry and urban areas, and we have this little bit of urban England on this peninsula with a lot of history."People that live here are very proud of that and they protect it."As for Malcolm, who nominated Hale Village, for him it's the people that make this oasis unlike any other."The people here are wonderful I've lived in this village now for 49 years, we would never move anywhere else because there's nowhere else that compares with Hale, it really is quite unique," he I for one have to agree. Read more stories from Cheshire on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC North West on X. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
