The Duchess of Cambridge has called children’s hospices a “heart-warming example to us all” in a letter marking the start of Children’s Hospice Week. Kate is the royal patron of
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NHS Scotland has appointed a new chief executive. Malcolm Wright, who had been carrying out the role on an interim basis, will take up the post following the departure of
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been asked to explain why members of a notorious grooming gang in Rochdale have still not been deported a decade after dozens of girls were
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Theresa May’s efforts to improve the chances for vulnerable youngsters are being hampered by “paralysis” in Westminster and the focus on Brexit, the Children’s Commissioner for England warned. The Prime
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The jury in the trial of a man accused of inventing a Westminster VIP paedophile ring was shown a video of the former head of the British Army thumping the
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A man whose children were taken from his care has been given a suspended nine-month jail term by a judge after posting material online which identified the youngsters. Matthew John
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More than 70 survivors of abuse in care who are elderly or terminally ill have been awarded £10,000 compensation payments by the Scottish Government. Since the Advance Payment Scheme was
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The majority of drugs deaths occur among people who have experienced considerable adversity in their lives, often from a young age, research has found. In a report focused on drug
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Social workers have halted a four-year attempt to teach a woman who gave birth when she was a teenager how to be a good parent. They had arranged for mother
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One in four staff working in prisons has been the victim of physical violence in the last year, new research suggests. A study by a coalition of nine trade unions
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