The mother of a severely disabled boy has been awarded £500,000 after a High Court judge ruled she was given negligent advice by a midwife when pregnant. Callum Best, who
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Boris Johnson is facing calls to remove Cabinet Secretary Simon Case from an inquiry into gatherings in Government departments during lockdown, after it was alleged parties were held in his
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Care homes have been warned not to impose blanket visiting restrictions over Christmas, after campaign groups raised the alarm over some homes pausing or limiting visits. The Care Quality Commission
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The father of murdered toddler Star Hobson has said he will never recover from the “callous and cruel way” in which his “precious daughter” was taken from him. Jordan Hobson
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Ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke has been given until September next year to pay the £35,000 owed following his sentence for sexually assaulting two women. The 50-year-old former Dover MP (pictured)
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Food banks are experiencing a “sudden and worrying” increase in demand from people hit by the removal of the Universal Credit (UC) uplift and soaring food and energy prices before
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Omicron largely evades immunity from past coronavirus infection or two vaccine doses, and boosters are key to mitigating the impact of the variant, new research suggests. The risk of reinfection
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People desperate to be vaccinated ahead of Christmas have been facing queues of up to five hours as demand for the jab soars. The Scottish Government has put its vaccination
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Almost two thirds of care home staff have not received a booster vaccine – rising to three-quarters in London where Omicron is thought to be the dominant coronavirus strain, figures
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A woman has been arrested after two sets of twin boys, aged three and four, died in a devastating house fire in south London. The 27-year-old has been held on
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