The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccination to start next week. The jab
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The founder of The Big Issue has described 2020 as “the worst of all years” but also a year of great social kindness, as vendors prepare to return to the
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A man who threw his 11-month-old son into a river has been found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility. Baby Zakari Bennett-Eko (pictured) died after he was pulled from the
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Six million people will lose out if the Government becomes the first since the Great Depression to cut unemployment benefits during a crisis, Labour has claimed. MPs heard that 5.8
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A care home provider has been fined £150,000 for safety failures which led to the death of a 56-year-old resident from Legionnaires’ disease. Andy Clegg (pictured), who had been living
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A former MP has raised concerns after a judge in the Court of Protection ruled that the name of a London council overseeing the care of a woman with significant
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Abuse of older people is at “unprecedented levels” – with almost 2.7 million victims thought to be affected in the UK, a charity has said. Hourglass gave the warning after
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The cause of the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found in her bedroom four years ago remains a mystery, a judge says. Sir Mark Hedley, who considered
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The parents of baby Elizabeth Dixon who have spent nearly 20 years fighting a “cover-up” over their daughter’s treatment and death have welcomed an independent inquiry’s calls for a police
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Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer will star together in a drama which will “take an uncompromising look at the care home crisis that Britain has faced during the first wave
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