Social media giants should be forced to hand over data and pay towards research into their potential harms, a new report backed by the father of Molly Russell argues. Concerns
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More and more parents have been told by police that an individual with access to their child or children is a sex offender – but some believe the current law
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Two hospitals being built by engineering giant Carillion when it collapsed are being delayed for several years, according to an official report. The 646-bed Royal Liverpool, due to open in
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Victims of sexual harassment are being urged to share what happened to them under Government plans to strengthen protections for workers. A survey is being held to find out how
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A woman who wants her disabled elderly husband to leave a specialist unit and return home has lost a fight in a specialist court. The 74-year-old man suffered a brain
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Labour has insisted it is “very happy” to be involved in social care reform talks, as the Health Secretary pledged to provide for both older and younger people. Shadow health
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A former black cab driver starved himself to death in hospital after being allowed to refuse food and drink despite having a history of mental health problems, an inquest has
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Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey has said she disagrees with the law allowing abortion after 24 weeks on the grounds of disability. The shadow business secretary, a frontrunner in the
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Hospital bosses in the Health Secretary’s own constituency have been accused of launching a witch hunt to find a whistleblower who told a widower about blunders in the treatment his
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The number of knife crimes being dealt with by the police and courts is the highest in a decade, official figures show. There were 22,286 knife and offensive weapon offences
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