A government department run by one of Sir Keir Starmer's most senior ministers is cutting almost a third of its jobs as ministers seek to accelerate civil service reform.
"The prosecution don't suggest that either Melissa Wilband or Jack Wheeler intended to kill Lexi or wanted to cause her serious harm," she told the court.Ms Osborne said it would have been clear to the person inflicting the injuries to Lexi that "some harm would be caused by their actions", and there was evidence that the incident "was not the first time Lexi had been shaken".
Ms Wilband and Mr Wheeler had been in a relationship for about three years but separated for several months when she became pregnant with another man in early 2019.In court on Tuesday, they were described as "regular cocaine users" and that Ms Wilband told Mr Wheeler throughout the pregnancy that he was the biological father, despite knowing this not to be the case, Ms Osborne said."This was a deliberate ploy to deceive Jack Wheeler into thinking he was the father of Lexi," she told the jury.
Ms Osborne said that Ms Wilband presented Mr Wheeler with a document, which purported to be a paternity test, declaring that he was the father but it was "obviously not a genuine document"."The most obvious fact was the fact that the word 'father' was spelt 'farther' which would have been obvious to anybody who knew how to spell it properly," Ms Osborne said.
"Very soon after Lexi was born, Jack Wheeler ensured that Melissa Wilband submitted samples for a proper test.
"The genuine test showed that he was not the father of Lexi. After the results of this, Mr Wheeler and Ms Wilband nearly split up but Ms Wilband persuaded Mr Wheeler that he should stay with her."Kate Buckby, a volunteer who helps supervise woodworking sessions, said: "There's a lot of young people with learning difficulties and elderly people. I get them as a group, supervise them and jolly them along.
"There's a real mix of people - some just want to sit and enjoy the space. It just helps their headspace to be down here."BBC Radio Northampton is supporting
, an annual festival focused on mental health wellbeing with an emphasis on schools this year.Teachers at a secondary school have gone on strike over poor student behaviour, their union representatives said.