More than half of British adults cannot name any blood cancer symptom
More than half of British adults cannot name any symptom of blood cancer despite it being one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the UK, a charity has warned.
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Serious failings meant prisoners could have contacted victims from jail
Serious failings risked allowing prisoners to make contact with victims from jail, a watchdog has warned. An inspection report on HMP High Down said public protection assessments to determine whether
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Charity expects demand for debt help to reach five-year high by end of 2018
Demand for help with debts is expected to reach a five-year high across 2018 as people increasingly find themselves struggling with everyday household bills, according to a charity. National Debtline,
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Sajid Javid on ‘personal mission’ to tackle threat of online child sexual abuse
At least 80,000 people in the UK are estimated to pose a sexual threat to children online, the Home Secretary is to reveal. Sajid Javid will disclose the figure and
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UK-wide raids lead to more than 131 arrests of suspected child sex offenders
A crackdown on online child sex offenders saw 131 suspects arrested – including teachers, a children’s entertainer, and a former police officer. More than 200 raids led to 164 children
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Children with cancer having to travel twice as far as adults for treatment
Children with cancer are having to travel twice as far and spend twice as much on journeys for treatment than adults, research has revealed. Children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent found
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Parents of under-5s see nursery fees rise three times faster than wages
Working parents with children under five have seen nursery fees increase three times faster than their wages over the past decade, according to a new study. An analysis by the
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Judge raises concerns of social workers’ ‘direct questioning’ of children in sex abuse case
A family court judge has raised concerns over the way two children who complained of being sexually abused were questioned by a social worker. Judge Kambiz Moradifar said the social
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Judge takes aim at social services ‘malaise’ in case of severely-disabled Colombian woman
Social services bosses at a London council have been criticised by a judge over the way they handled a case involving a severely-disabled Colombian woman who was living in England
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Son given go-ahead to pocket £6M of mentally ill mother’s fortune in tax cut bid
A man should be allowed to pocket £6 million of his mentally incapacitated mother’s £18.6 million fortune for tax reasons, a judge in a specialist court has decided. The 72-year-old
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