Free bus passes are linked to increased happiness for older people, according to a new study. People who get concessionary travel are more likely to enjoy a better quality of
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Medicinal cannabis should be welcomed by UK doctors, like penicillin was decades ago, to unlock its potential, an expert has suggested. Professor David Nutt (pictured), from Imperial College London, warned
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A Kenyan singer and actor is unlawfully keeping his child in Nairobi after becoming involved in a London family court dispute with his British ex-partner, lawyers say. Shiv Singh Benawra
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A 17-year-old boy has been detained in a psychiatric hospital indefinitely after killing a university lecturer with electric drills, knives and a hammer. The teenager carried out the “sustained and
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A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is to be prosecuted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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The Duchess of Cambridge has opened a mental health charity’s £40 million centre which officials hope will be a “game changer” in supporting young people. Kate was described as being
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A group of MPs has referred the Home Office to the equalities watchdog over the Windrush scandal, urging an investigation into whether British citizens were unlawfully discriminated against on the
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An official criminal records checking scheme is relying on a 17-year-old system after a modernisation drive was hit by delays, according to a Commons report. The Disclosure and Barring Service
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Children’s services in England are “at breaking point” and need more than £3 billion in additional Government funding over the years to 2025, a parliamentary report has warned. The report
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Care homes giant Four Seasons has collapsed into administration, raising fears for thousands of vulnerable elderly residents. The debt-laden company has appointed corporate undertakers at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to
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