An estimate suggesting thousands of care workers have come to the UK in recent years under sponsors whose licences were later revoked is said to demonstrate the exploitation in a
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A mother-of-two was placed in a hospital five hours from home, while another woman spent hours in a police staff room because of a lack of suitable facilities, a watchdog’s
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A father who shook his infant son so violently that it caused severe brain injuries has been jailed for at least 20 years for the child’s murder. Craig Rowland, 29,
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The Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who took their own lives in Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute, and committed to preventing further
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NHS England, which has been called the “world’s largest quango” by the Government, is to be abolished, the Prime Minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said decisions about billions of
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There is a “deeply concerning” silence around race and racism when it comes to safeguarding children, the author of a report into the issue has warned. Children’s minister Janet Daby
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Suspected drug deaths in Scotland fell by 11% during 2024, according to the latest Police Scotland data. The force’s management information recorded 1,065 suspected drug deaths throughout the year –
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Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten fell asleep on her newborn baby and killed her in a “terrible tragic accident” while hiding out in a tent on the South Downs, her retrial
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Triple crossbow and knife killer Kyle Clifford has been handed a whole-life order, as a judge described him as a “jealous man soaked in self pity, who holds women in
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A barrister representing a nurse who objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has described her legal argument as “you’ve got a willy, so you’re a man,
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