Care for autistic children is “not good enough”, ministers have said, as they launched a review into the Government’s autism strategy. Care Minister Caroline Dinenage (pictured) said that many autistic
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A gay pharmacist who mercilessly strangled his wife so he could start a new life in Australia with his boyfriend and a £2 million life insurance payout will serve at
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A coroner has ruled that an 88-year-old woman who died after a five-hour wait in an ambulance and two hours on a hospital trolley did not suffer from neglect and
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The risk of dying in hospital increases when nurses are replaced with nursing assistants, according to a new study. The research authors from the University of Southampton suggest that policies
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The “toxic” Tory Government has been blamed by the SNP for stirring up anti-immigrant feeling in working-class people through a lack of public investment. The party’s justice and home affairs
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Jeremy Corbyn triggered fury on the Tory benches as he accused them of labelling disabled people “scroungers” and creating a “hostile environment” for people on benefits. Prime Minister Theresa May
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The case against a man accused of sexually assaulting a weeks-old baby in Northern Ireland has been adjourned until January 2. The infant had been in intensive care in hospital.
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A safe containing funds for a Christmas lunch has been stolen from a care home by thieves using a wheelchair. Police said there was more than £2,000 of cash in
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A former resident of a children’s home confided to an ex-employee he had been raped and sexually abused as a teenager, an inquiry has been told. The Scottish Child Abuse
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The UK’s housing crisis will be “felt across a generation” as the latest figures reveal the scale of children living in homelessness, a charity has warned. Shelter urged the public
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