Health visitors must be given the power to trigger joint visits from social care specialists such as drug abuse counsellors, a report has said as it warned infant services are
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The Labour Government must “change course” on its approach to social care, dozens of sector leaders have said, as they described how announcements this week on funding and charging reforms
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A nephew who stole more than £600,000 from his elderly aunt in a power of attorney fraud has been jailed for five years and six months. David Eggleton, 71, from
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Family doctors across England are to stage unprecedented industrial action amid a row over the new contract for GP services in England. More than 8,500 GPs took part in a
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Police should clamp down on rioters using powers they have to ban football hooligans, the Prime Minister said as he launched a violent disorder plan. Sir Keir Starmer said he
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A 17-year-old charged with the murder of three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class has appeared in court, where a judge ruled he could be
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There is more hope than “ever before” that nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, experts have said. Researchers have identified two new risks: high cholesterol and
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Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has admitted accessing indecent photographs of children as young as seven after a man he met online sent him hundreds of sexual images on WhatsApp.
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A cancer charity has called on the Government to intervene urgently over the shortage of a drug that can prevent life-threatening digestive problems in thousands of people with a range
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Tributes have been paid to three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club, as hundreds of people gathered at a vigil to pay their respects.
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