A High Court judge has ruled that a sick baby whose mother is a Jehovah’s Witness should have a blood transfusion. Mr Justice MacDonald concluded that a transfusion was in
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Hundreds of rape cases are being delayed by months because of a backlog in digital processing. The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee heard that the issue is “a major
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Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have told an inquiry how medical records were “destroyed”. A father fought back tears as he told the Infected Blood Inquiry his teenage son
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An Iraq war veteran has been jailed for life after stabbing a Britain’s Got Talent finalist to death in a violent rage. Desmond Sylva, 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne
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Claims by doctors that charging foreign patients for NHS care is “fundamentally racist” have been branded “bonkers” by House Of Cards author Lord Dobbs. The accusation was “financially disgraceful and
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An ex-nurse accused of inventing a VIP paedophile ring has repeated his claims in court that Sir Edward Heath, the former head of the British Army and ex-Tory MP Harvey
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An MP who lost her own son broke down in tears in the Commons as she spoke about a new fund to help bereaved parents pay for funerals during their
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Parliament will step in to change Northern Ireland’s strict law on abortion if a court rules it is incompatible with individual human rights, Women and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt has
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University bosses are considering their response after losing the latest round of a legal fight with a devout Christian thrown off a social work course following allegations he posted derogatory
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A former health minister in the coalition government has called for an end to the “breathtaking hypocrisy” in the debate over drug policy reform. Lib Dem health spokesman Sir Norman
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