Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have risen for the eighth year in a row and remain at their highest level in more than a quarter of a century, figures
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Public transport users are being encouraged chat to someone if they suspect something is not right, as part of a nationwide suicide prevention campaign. As coronavirus restrictions ease and more
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A hospital consultant has hailed the development of new hoods for medical staff as a “real game-changer”. The full-face protective hood, which has a large, clear visor and can be
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Most of Scotland’s remaining coronavirus restrictions are to be scrapped from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed, in what she hailed as “perhaps the most significant date so far” in the
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A “handsome and clever” five-year-old boy found dead in a river in South Wales has been named as Logan Mwangi. The body of the youngster was found in the Ogmore
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A shielding four-year-old is to help front a Scottish charity’s national summer fundraising appeal after overcoming the lockdown “struggle” last year. Anya Behl (pictured) has a rare condition called alternating
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Home care company Alcedo Care Group has secured a £2million funding facility with merchant banking group Close Brothers to support its growth plans for the rest of this calendar year.
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Scotland’s Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has complained to watchdogs amid concerns over discrimination at a nursery that refused a place for his young daughter. Mr Yousaf (pictured) said he and
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The crucial role that social care plays in our country has never been more visible. Throughout the pandemic, we have seen brave individuals doing everything in their power to support
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One of Britain’s most senior judges has described a lack of “proper provision” for children who require approved secure accommodation as “scandalous”. Supreme Court justice Lord Stephens said the problem
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