Royals visibly moved hearing from young tackling mental health issues
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marked World Mental Health Day by meeting young people and hearing their stories of how they battled the issue and are now helping
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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey in hospital with ‘infection complication’
A nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone is being treated for an “unusual late complication” of the infection. Pauline Cafferkey has been flown from Glasgow to an isolation unit
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Parents cleared of abuse vow to fight adoption order with ‘last breath’
The parents of a baby taken into care at six weeks old and later adopted have vowed to “fight till our last breath” to be reunited with their child after
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Over 90% of hospices rated good or better in latest CQC ratings
Hospices in England are caring for and supporting people in a compassionate way at the end of their lives, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Ahead of this year’s
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Plymouth study shows impact of poverty and gender on children’s welfare
New research shows that children all over the world are more likely to be at risk if they’re female and below the poverty line. A new research paper by a
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European study finds young male suicide on rise as result of austerity
Young males between the ages of 10 and 24 have committed suicide in growing numbers as a direct result of austerity measures brought in across Europe following the 2009 recession.
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Police hit out at BBC over Panorama programme on historic sexual abuse
Scotland Yard has hit out at the BBC after it broadcast a Panorama programme focusing on the claims of a man who made allegations of child sex abuse by a
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Archbishop denies cover-up as ex-bishop Peter Ball jailed for sex abuse
A former Archbishop of Canterbury today denied presiding over a “cover-up” as one of his senior clergymen was jailed for sexually abusing aspiring priests – 22 years after it first
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Home not always best or preferred place to die, says end-of-life expert
Home is not always the best or preferred place to die, an expert has said. Kristian Pollock, from the University of Nottingham, said evidence suggesting most people would prefer to
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Psychiatrist tells of significant care failings at Charlotte Bevan inquest
A psychiatrist has told an inquest there were “significant failings” in the months leading up to a mentally-ill women throwing herself off a cliff while cradling her newborn baby. Charlotte
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