Nearly two in five parents have been forced to educate their disabled child at home because of a lack of suitable provision or funding, a survey has found. A third
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Councils say they are “staring down the barrel” financially, as new analysis suggests they will be limited to being “little more than care services” by the end of this Parliament
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Relatives of seven elderly residents who died after contracting coronavirus at a nursing home at the height of the pandemic have criticised the decision not to prosecute anyone, an inquest
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A paedophile who murdered an 11-year-old boy while he was a teenager has been refused release by the Parole Board. Convicted sex offender Dominic McKilligan, 44, killed schoolboy Wesley Neailey
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The quality of in-prison learning for young offenders has been in decline over the past 10 years, a joint review into schooling for detained youths has uncovered. The review, undertaken
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A “vulnerable” woman was raped and killed by a stranger while she was unconscious on a park bench after a night out, a court has heard. Natalie Shotter (pictured), 37,
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Former Bristol and Bath rugby player Nick Koster took his own life while on leave from a mental health hospital where he had been voluntarily admitted, an inquest has heard.
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The owner of a nursing home where seven elderly residents died after contracting coronavirus at the height of the pandemic has spoken of his sorrow at learning of what may
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The family of a woman who lay dead in her flat for more than three years have said they “will never forget” the shock of seeing her heavily decomposed remains,
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Almost a quarter of people in the UK have avoided calling an ambulance due to concerns it will take too long to arrive, a survey has suggested. Health leaders said
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