My Christmas in public services
Housing at Christmas: staff put their own festivities on hold to keep tenants safe
Many social housing workers are spending the festive season with lonely residents, and are on call in case of emergencies
Christmas high tide has Suffolk council chief executive on standby
After devastating coastal flooding in 2013, Stephen Baker is hoping that this Christmas Day, severe weather won’t get the better of local flood defences
Public services at Christmas: the people who keep Britain moving
While much of the country takes a break, there are people working hard behind the scenes to keep the lights on, the traffic moving and the streets safe
The 999 operator: 'I love working New Year's Eve'
Peace at Christmas? Not in the Trafford police control room, where call handler Karen Jones will be elbowing her way to the quiche during the holiday period
This Christmas I’ll be on duty at the hospital where I was born
Junior doctor Rose Singleton will be delivering babies in the ward where she was born on Christmas Eve
Everyone in the NHS dreads working at Christmas – but it fills me with pride
It was hard to leave family behind and I started off feeling sorry for myself but what happened on Christmas Day surprised me
Homeless children shouldn’t miss out on Christmas
A housing organisation in Birmingham is having a Christmas party for 200 children living in refuges across the city
Working in public services this Christmas? Share your pictures
It’ll be homely this Christmas: how care homes can celebrate
Prosecution services at Christmas: 'Not everyone is sitting round a turkey'
Solicitor Joanne Parsons explains that on Christmas evening she will be making sure the police have fair grounds to keep arrested people in custody
Children's services at Christmas: 'It was heartbreaking, thinking she's got no-one'
Residential childcare worker Nikira Greenaway will spend Christmas day ice skating and cooking dinner – but not for her own son
Policing at Christmas: 'At 3am people go from happy drunks to nasty drunks'
On Mad Friday and New Year’s Eve, Inspector Phil Spurgeon will again be on the streets, looking after more than 100,000 people celebrating in Manchester
