A former doctor has appeared in court accused of more than 80 sex offences against women and girls in Scotland. Krishna Singh faces claims of indecent assault, sexual assault and
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A mother accused of causing the death of her baby daughter through neglect has said she was told by a GP the child “looked fine” weeks before her death. Fartun
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Union leaders have expressed hopes that the governor of the Bank of England will visit care homes and speak to workers about pay following his appearance before a committee of
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A woman who abandoned her “vulnerable” daughter to die alone in pain in her squalid bedroom has been jailed for nine years and seven months. The emaciated body of Debbie
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Ministers have been urged to be “straight” with bereaved families over when the Covid-19 public inquiry will begin. Retired Court of Appeal judge and crossbench life peer Baroness Heather Hallett
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has defended the Government’s Covid response against accusations that MPs were unable to scrutinise controversial provisions and were left “shouting through the letterbox” of Number 10.
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A long-awaited public apology is to be offered by five Stormont ministers to victims of historical institutional abuse. The compromise move comes as the offices of the First and deputy
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Health unions have reacted with anger after discovering that the Government is recommending a maximum pay rise of 3% this year for NHS workers in England. Unison said the figure
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Hearing aids may help to reduce a person’s risk of cognitive decline, new reserach suggests. People who suffer hearing loss are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MIC) –
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Fewer than three out of ten job vacancies being advertised in Scotland offer flexible working, research has suggested, despite the Covid pandemic bringing about the “biggest shake-up to working patterns
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