Play fighting involving staff as well as inmates is “widespread” at a youth jail, an inspection found. The issue was referenced in a report on Rainsbrook secure training centre near
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Police have been left to pick up the pieces amid a national crisis in mental health care, a watchdog report has warned. Stretched forces are responding to tens of thousands
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A jailed sex offender was given the chance to play a part in the future of the child of a woman he raped, it has been reported. The man, who
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Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones was “f****** furious” when a Labour colleague went public about being sacked over allegations of sexual misconduct days before he apparently took his own life,
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A High Court challenge to the “huge” fee required to register a child as a British citizen has been given the go-ahead. The Project for the Registration of Children as
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Terminally-ill Noel Conway has called on politicians to change the law on assisted dying after his legal fight to die “peacefully and with dignity” was rejected by the UK’s highest
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The number of student nursing and midwifery places will reach a record high in the next academic year in a bid to tackle staffing pressures in the NHS. Course spots
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Domestic abuse incidents recorded by police in Scotland have risen in the past year but the Justice Secretary says he is confident new laws will help tackle the crime. A
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A police force has removed an “insulting” child sexual exploitation campaign from social media after accusations of victim blaming. North Yorkshire Police posted a series of images on social media
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The Government has suffered a further defeat at the hands of peers demanding strengthened safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals. The House of Lords backed by
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