A legal challenge against a regulator’s report into the collapsed charity Keeping Kids Company can continue following the death of its founder, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice
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A sexual predator has been found guilty of the rape and manslaughter of a vulnerable NHS worker who was attacked on a park bench. Mohamed Iidow (pictured) had repeatedly sexually
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Peers have called for unaccompanied children who come to the UK as refugees to be allowed to bring their families, branding current rules “inhumane”. The Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill seeks
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A commitment to clear a backlog of tens of thousands of modern slavery cases within two years must be accompanied by wider changes to ensure victims are supported, a charity
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Two staff members at a specialist hospital unit who were filmed mistreating vulnerable patients have lost challenges against their convictions at the Court of Appeal. Peter Bennett, 55, and Matthew
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More than 62,000 migrants could be granted asylum in the UK as the Government attempts to clear the backlog of claims waiting to be dealt with. The Refugee Council estimates
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The wife of a Conservative councillor who used Twitter to stir up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks has been jailed for 31 months.
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The chairman of NHS England has announced he is resigning, saying it was a “very difficult decision”. Richard Meddings (pictured), who has been in the role for almost three years,
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A woman has appeared in court charged with manslaughter over the death of a care home resident. Jane Barnard, 65, appeared before Bristol Crown Court accused of killing Derek Davies,
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Measures to protect residents from Covid at a care home where seven elderly people died were not “effectively or consistently” followed by staff, a coroner has ruled. William Wilkinson, 102,
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