Women who have experienced domestic abuse appear to be more than 40 per cent more likely to die from any cause compared to the general population, a study led by
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The Scottish Government has pledged £7 million in the next year to benefit parents in the workplace in a bid to fight poverty. As part of the 2020/21 Budget process,
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A Downing Street adviser who once suggested enforcing the uptake of contraception to stop unplanned pregnancies “creating a permanent underclass” has quit his post. In the midst of growing controversy
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The former site of the Government’s Civil Service College is to be redeveloped as a retirement village, it has been announced. It follows an agreement to sell the 19,500 square
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A 19-year-old man has admitted raping and murdering a promising student who gave him a place to stay when he was too drunk to go home. Megan Newton, 18, was
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Relatives of vulnerable patients allegedly abused in hospital in Northern Ireland have urged the health minister to call a public inquiry. Police suspect 1,500 criminal assaults over a number of
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A doctor who worked with the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been suspended over concerns about patient treatment. Mike Walsh had been working at
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A widow who is in the end stages of dementia and has chronic renal failure should not be forced to undergo kidney dialysis sessions, a judge in a specialist court
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Prosecutors may have pressed ahead with assault charges against Caroline Flack due to high public concern around domestic violence, lawyers have said. Questions have been raised over whether the case
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The chief executive of Action for Children has announced her resignation in a social media post this morning. After 18 months in the role, Julie Bentley cited personal reasons for
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