Vulnerable people with mental health issues, physical disabilities and those who are older and living alone are being “cruelly targeted” by certain scams such as dating fraud and criminals turning
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The use of force in custody suites across Britain’s largest police service has not always been recorded properly, according to a report. An unannounced inspection visit to Metropolitan Police custody
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A “common sense” scheme which has helped patients avoid thousands of nights in hospital and saved £2 million will help the NHS make the best use of every penny, health
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More than one in four people caring for their own children as well as elderly relatives are suffering from depression or anxiety, new data suggests. Figures from the Office for
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Even a small amount of cannabis can alter brain structure in children, research suggests. Scientists found that taking the drug just once or twice by the age of 14 led
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Over-70s gain no benefit from taking higher dose vitamin D supplements to improve bone strength and reduce the risk of falls, a long term study has found. Older people have
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Detectives in West Yorkshire have arrested 55 men as part of an investigation into historical allegations of child sex abuse. Police said the men were arrested after seven women made
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Fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap entirely has been rejected by the Government. Work and pensions minister Alok Sharma told the Commons the Conservatives believe the overall policy
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A judge has told doctors they can stop providing life-support treatment to a brain-damaged woman who had worked as a carer for disabled people. Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles heard that
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Council social services bosses have failed to prove that a woman deliberately breached a judge’s order restricting her contact with her teenage son. Lawyers representing Westminster City Council complained that
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