A paramedic has denied 10 sexual offences against four women, including the alleged rape of one patient. Andrew Wheeler, 45, who is due to stand trial next year, denies seven
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Nurseries should be able to ban sugary and junk food from lunchboxes, according to a poll of nursery workers. More than one in four staff say there are children in
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A qualified counsellor will be employed at every secondary school in England under Labour proposals to help young people live happier, healthier lives. The party said the number of children
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Many childcare providers believe they will close within a year because their costs are not covered by a Government subsidy, a new study suggests. Virtually all of over 260 nurseries
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A charity is calling for greater focus on mental health treatment after figures suggest the NHS cancelled 175,000 appointments for children and young people in the past year. Mental health
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Councils will need billions of pounds of extra funding over the course of the next parliament to pay for adult social care, a leading economic think tank has warned. The
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Two cannabis-based medicines have been recommended for use on the NHS for the first time. Epidyolex has been approved for two rare types of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes, while
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One in five young people have been bullied in the past 12 months, with three out of four saying it has impacted their mental health, new research has found. Anti-bullying
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Rape victims are being forced to pay mobile phone bills for months after their devices are taken away for examination by police, an investigation has found. Survivors can be left
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Around 1.5 million older people in England have an unmet need for social care, a charity has warned. Age UK estimates that one in seven people aged 65 and over
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