内容摘要：Among the offices being closed in London is 102 Petty France, one of the largest government offices in the capital and home to around 7,000 civil servants in the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Crown Prosecution Service and the Government Legal Department.

Among the offices being closed in London is 102 Petty France, one of the largest government offices in the capital and home to around 7,000 civil servants in the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Crown Prosecution Service and the Government Legal Department.

Four hubs that provide a range of family support to city residents are to continue for another year after government funding was secured.Peterborough City Council has received £1.3m to continue running the hubs, which it opened in 2023, throughout 2025 to 2026.

They provide support for families with children up to 19 years old, offering parenting support, access to financial advice and learning-through-play sessions."The extended funding means we can support even more families... and look to open more hubs this year," said Katy Cole, cabinet member for children's services."By supporting families at the earliest opportunity and delivering services that help families create supportive, stable environments for their children, the hubs are having a hugely positive impact on many people's lives."

The Family Hub support is also available to families with young people with special educational needs, from pregnancy up to age 25.Staff delivered nearly 25,000 face-to-face sessions from 2023 to 2024, an increase of 17.5% on the previous year, according to the council.

They also helped encourage an increase in families

from 25% in 2022 to 77% in 2024, by checking eligibility and helping them to sign up, it added.Some of Valerie’s photos were later featured on the cover of the band's hit single, Motorcycle Emptiness.

“They had a naivety and innocence but they were also super smart, and very literate – they had lots of intellectual references to books and art, and Richey was the same."He was just really lovely and really charming and cool, and really good fun to photograph.”

In a foreword at the beginning of the book, bandmate Nicky Wire said: “We thought these photos were lost but they are found."I’m so grateful to Valerie for those intense twenty months when she saw all the energy and ragged glory of Manic Street Preachers and more importantly, captured our little bit of history seen here in these vivid, beautiful photographs.