Boris Johnson has unveiled the “most radical Queen’s Speech in a generation” with measures to toughen up criminal justice, invest in the NHS and deliver on the “people’s priorities”. The
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has today published its Annual Report and Accounts 2018/19. The report from the regulator says it has successfully delivered its major digital transformation programme
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Four men from Telford have been jailed for abusing a “helpless” young girl who was “passed around like a piece of meat”, sold for sex and raped. The victim told
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A police constable is among 16 men charged as part of an investigation into allegations of historic child sexual exploitation. West Yorkshire Police said the charges relate to alleged offences
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A paralysed former builder is bringing a High Court challenge over the law on assisted dying. Paul Lamb, who lost a right-to-die case in the Supreme Court in 2014, will
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Around 5,000 medical appointments were cancelled following an unprecedented nurses strike which paralysed parts of the NHS. Healthcare workers in Northern Ireland said they were tearful and “at the end
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More than 68,000 households in England have been assessed as homeless or facing homelessness during a three-month period this year, an increase of more than 11% compared to the same
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Campaigners have called on the Home Secretary to change “unfair rules” which separate refugee families, with a video animation highlighting the “horrors” faced by children fleeing wartorn countries. The Refugee
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Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to restore bursaries for student nurses after they were scrapped as part of the Conservatives’ austerity measures. The return of the payments of up to
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A hospital has apologised after a six-month-old boy died due to “serious failings”. Harris James (pictured) was mistakenly treated for pneumonia when he had a heart condition, and did not
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