Young people must be put at the heart of the inquiry into the UK’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Children’s Commissioner has told its chairwoman. Dame Rachel de Souza
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A 33-year-old with paranoid schizophrenia launched a “ferocious” fatal attack on a fellow psychiatric patient in the hospital where they were being treated, a judge has said. Ahsan Zia, 33,
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Targets that ensure patients see a specialist within two weeks of being urgently referred by their GP for suspected cancer could be scrapped, with a charity calling news of the
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The use of strip searches, intimate checks and the removal of clothing from women and girls who are arrested and taken into custody in Greater Manchester are to be the
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A woman has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of three children who were found with serious stab injuries. The 34-year-old was arrested after a four-year-old girl, a two-year-old boy
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Asylum seekers are being removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge due to the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply. The Home Office has said it is removing all
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NHS waiting lists in England have climbed to a new record high of 7.6 million. Data published by NHS England on Thursday revealed 7.6 million people were waiting to start
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A much-loved pensioner suffered a “horrific” death from an operable brain tumour after doctors failed to properly monitor her scan results, her husband has said. An investigation by the Parliamentary
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The number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats on Thursday. PA
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A former Durham coach has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage player after being convicted of similar offences against young cricketers on four previous occasions. Michael Strange (pictured), 63, appeared via
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