A national child safeguarding practice review has investigated the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member. The report reveals that safeguarding agencies were not equipped
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A rioter who set fire to a generator as a mob besieged a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for six years. Scott Greenwood (pictured), 34, was filmed throwing
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The world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112. John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on August 26 1912 and became the world’s oldest living man in April.
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Nearly one in seven (15%) women say they have recently experienced economic abuse from a current or former partner, a charity has found. Of those women who had experienced economic
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A seven-year-old girl spoke about killing herself, and another aged 11 gave birth after being sexually abused by a family member, a national child safeguarding review has found. The report,
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A hospital executive has told the public inquiry over the crimes of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby that she “didn’t get everything right” but she had the “best intentions”.
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More than half of Scots support increasing financial support and debt relief for families on the lowest incomes, according to research. In a survey commissioned by children’s charity Aberlour, 56%
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Almost two in three NHS workers have considered looking for other jobs in the past six months, new research suggests. A survey by the GMB union of almost 2,000 workers
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A couple who buried their three-year-old son’s body in their back garden showed “breathtaking arrogance and cruelty” by failing to summon medical help or give him adequate food, a Crown
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A man has been convicted of murdering his partner who died on the floor next to his bed after he violently attacked her at the end of a night out.
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