Quarter of local authority jobs axed or outsourced over last 10 years
One in four council jobs has been axed or outsourced in the past decade as a result of austerity, a new study suggests. Staff numbers have halved in some local
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Ex-Tory MP condemns VIP abuse ring accusations as ‘ravings of a fantasist’
A former Tory MP named as a child murderer and violent paedophile by a man later charged with lying told jurors the horrific allegations were the “ravings of a fantasist”
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Doctors ask Court of Protection judge to approve abortion for mentally-ill woman
Doctors want a judge in a specialist court to allow them to perform an abortion on a mentally-ill woman who is 22 weeks pregnant. Specialists caring for the woman, who
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Inquiry finds children could have been saved from sexual abuse by Archdiocese
Children could have been saved from sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Birmingham if the Catholic church had not been so determined to protect its reputation, a damning report has
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NHS pressures ‘causing decline in patient experience’ – new CQC survey
Pressures within the NHS are leading to a decline in patient experience, new research suggests. Less than half of people (48%) admitted to hospital in England rated their overall experience
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Black cab rapist pleads guilty to four additional sex attacks at Old Bailey
Black cab rapist John Worboys has pleaded guilty to drugging four more women. The 62-year-old, who now goes by the name John Derek Radford, targeted women who hailed his cab
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Children’s hospices face ‘dangerous cocktail’ of rising costs and patchy state funding
Children’s hospices in England are facing a “dangerous cocktail” of rising costs and a decline in state funding, a charity has said. The long-term future of centres which support families
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Court hears ‘devious’ ex-policeman was determined to sexually abuse young girls
A “devious and manipulative” former police officer who was determined to “engage in sexualised behaviour with young girls” repeatedly raped one victim after plying her with alcohol, a court heard.
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Former soldier guilty of killing Guys and St Thomas’s nurse in explosive rage
An Iraq war veteran has been found guilty of stabbing a Britain’s Got Talent finalist to death in a violent rage. Desmond Sylva, 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne Kerr,
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NHS appoints first clinical director to tackle rising knife crime in London
The NHS has appointed a leading surgeon to tackle rising knife crime in London. Martin Griffiths, consultant trauma surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, becomes the health service’s first clinical
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