Society daily: 01.03.2010

Councils consider plans to shed up to 170,000 public sector jobs Legal challenge over Yarl's Wood for "cruel, inhumane and degrading" treatment of women Takeaway ban near schools to fight obesity £140,000: the annual cost of jailing a young criminal HSBC boss hands £4m bonus to charity Teen motherhood is not all bad, says Hilary Mantel All today's Society stories In case you missed it... the weekend's Society Guardian stories Saturday's Society stories Sunday's Society stories Other news • A man known as "Stig of the dump" by neighbours because he hoarded "hundreds" of bags of waste and six old cars in his garden has outraged fellow villagers after he won a court ruling preventing the council from forcing him to clean it up , reports the Daily Mail. • A lack of 24 hour nursing cover and poor planning by doctors is undermining government proposals to give terminally ill people the right to die at home , says The Times. • Councillors are collectively receiving almost £1m a year in allowances and fees for sitting on panels and committees, report the Daily Telegraph. Society Guardian events Managing New Realities 2010: integrated places - health, housing and social care for the community. London, Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 March. Speakers include: Lord Warner, Sir Bob Kerslake, David Halpern, Polly Toynbee. Society Links Sign up to Society daily email briefing Society on Twitter SocietyGuardian.co.uk Public - The Guardian's website for senior public sector executives Get ahead: the Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]