Around half of parents are waiting at least a year and a half for their child to be formally diagnosed with autism, a charity has warned. Ambitious about Autism said
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A prison criticised as having some of the worst conditions ever seen by inspectors has been praised for making dramatic improvements. In 2017 HMP Liverpool was the subject of one
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Basic safety checks are still not being carried out by probation officers, according to their watchdog. Justin Russell, the Chief Inspector of Probation, feared lessons were still not being learnt
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Ninety cyber crimes a day have been recorded against children since the introduction of Government plans to tackle online harms, the NSPCC estimates. The charity predicts that more than 25,300
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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has been ordered to pay £50,000 plus legal costs, following an incident at a care home in which a person sustained serious injuries. The care
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Thousands of lives could be saved by a new heart disease drug that health officials hope will become widely available on the NHS as early as next year. Patients will
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A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering one of Britain’s worst paedophiles. Richard Huckle died at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire on October 13 last year, reportedly
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A “spirited” young girl who suffered a catastrophic brain injury during her birth at an NHS hospital is set to receive more than £20 million in damages. The eight-year-old, who
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A teenager with a severe nut allergy died after a combination of human and system error, a coroner has ruled. Shante Turay-Thomas (pictured) died after waiting for an ambulance to
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Prisoners could be more successfully rehabilitated on release by means of a simple conversation, according to new research. Evangelos Mitrokostas, of the University of Portsmouth, has carried out the study
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