Children with special needs are being let down by a system that is meant to support them, an ombudsman has warned. Families with youngsters that have special educational needs and
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Scotland’s ban on smacking has been passed on what has been hailed as a “momentous day for children’s rights”. Children’s campaigners were amongst those who welcomed the passage of the
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A nurse has been spared jail for providing duplicated prescription forms for cosmetic treatment medication while she was on sick leave from her NHS job. Nicola Bevan, 43, put customers
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A serial dating site rapist has had his prison term extended by two and a half years after sex attacks on a further five women. Father-of-three Jason Lawrance (pictured) contacted
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A former Four Seasons Health Care worker has been arrested over allegations of sexual abuse at two residential care homes in Belfast. Police say the man, aged 48, was arrested
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law breaches the UK’s human rights commitments, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Sarah Ewart (pictured), 29, hailed a “massive victory” following a six-year legal
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Learning disability patients are subjected to potentially fatal face-down restraint an average of 10 times a day, figures show. Staff reported physically restraining patients with learning disabilities or autism 17,685
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A couple who want to move their severely disabled five-year-old daughter to an Italian hospital have won a High Court life-support treatment fight. Specialists caring for Tafida Raqeeb at the
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A young doctor who was ordered to leave the country despite spending the majority of her life in the UK will now be allowed to stay. Mu-Chun Chiang, 27, attracted
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Middle-aged men are nearly three times more likely to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) than women – but rates are rising for both sexes, figures show. A
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