Recovering alcoholic wins latest stage of care fight over daughter
A recovering alcoholic has won the latest stage of a legal fight over the care of her daughter. She mounted an appeal after a family court judge ruled that the
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Teen girls arrested after ambulance crews pelted with bricks and glass after hoax call
Two teenage girls have been arrested after ambulance crews were pelted with bricks, glass and furniture as they attended what turned out to be a hoax call. The rapid response
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Nearly 200 women forced to say they were raped to claim child tax credits, MPs told
Almost 200 women have had to declare they are rape victims to qualify for additional child tax credits since a controversial welfare reform was introduced, MPs have heard. The SNP’s
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NHS nurse found guilty of trafficking prostitutes after forcing them take part in voodoo rituals
A London-based nurse has been found guilty of trafficking five Nigerian women to Germany to work as prostitutes – after forcing them to undergo humiliating voodoo rituals. Josephine Iyamu (pictured)
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Two-child benefit cap hits more than 70,000 families in first 12 months
More than 70,000 families lost benefits worth up to £2,780 a year in the first 12 months of operation of the new two-child cap, according to official figures. Campaigners called
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Care England call for parity of pay for social care sector nurses
Following the recent pay award for nurses in the NHS, Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has called for nurses working in independent
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Pride, resilience and worry part of life for armed forces children, new report finds
Children of armed forces servicemen and women are sometimes being put into foster care when overseas deployments leave them without any suitable family to care for them, a report has
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Motor neurone disease sufferer loses Court of Appeal assisted dying challenge
Motor neurone disease sufferer Noel Conway has lost his Court of Appeal challenge against a “blanket ban” on assisted dying. The 68-year-old retired lecturer from Shrewsbury, who says he feels
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Doctor implicated in Gosport opioid scandal was ‘doing her best for patients’
A doctor implicated in a scandal at Gosport Memorial Hospital has said she was “doing her best” for patients. Jane Barton (pictured) said she was a “hard-working doctor” working in
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Supreme Court victory for hetrosexual couple in civil partnership fight
A heterosexual couple fighting for the right to have a civil partnership have won a ruling at the UK’s highest court that they are being discriminated against. Five Supreme Court
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