Boots has confirmed that a store closure programme will affect around 200 locations, primarily local pharmacies. The retail chain said its owner, Walgreens Boots Alliance, has now approved a plan
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A food supplier has gone into liquidation, causing 125 job losses, after production was suspended for weeks due to a listeria outbreak investigation. The Food Standards Agency had confirmed on
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An 84-year-old woman who stabbed her 85-year-old husband to death in a seemingly “inexplicable” attack had been suffering from a rare, undiagnosed form of dementia, a court has heard. Marjorie
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Councils have been urged to use emergency powers to protect rough sleepers as hot weather hits the UK. Temperatures are forecast to reach 34 or 35C on Saturday in London
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Stroking a pet could improve the well-being of people with dementia, health officials say. In new recommendations, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said those with dementia
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Prosecutors may be failing to file charges in alleged rape cases because of “myths and stereotypes” about the women bringing the complaints, the Victims’ Commissioner has warned. Dame Vera Baird
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A law named after missing chef Claudia Lawrence is being introduced to help families take over the affairs of loved ones who have disappeared. Ms Lawrence (pictured) has not been
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Violence, self-harm and drug use is on the rise at a prison, inspectors warned. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Lewes, East Sussex, raised the concerns when it published
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The Home Office has been accused of being “reckless” for failing to monitor the impact of its so-called hostile environment immigration policy, according to a leaked draft review into the
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Ministers have been told to investigate issues with Universal Credit after new estimates showed benefits overpayments and underpayments have reached their highest levels. Excessive payments of benefits excluding state pensions
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