A coroner has berated a murderer father after he accused an inquest into his daughter’s death of being corrupt. Ben Butler, who beat six-year-old Ellie Butler to death at their
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A “devious” teenager is facing years in jail for the Parsons Green Tube bombing which injured 51 passengers. Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, plotted to cause carnage in central
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A rapist who attacked two women in the 1980s was caught more than 30 years later because he urinated in a neighbour’s plant pot, police said. Eric McKenna, 60, has
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A man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted three others on a three-hour crime spree has been sentenced to life in prison and must serve 11 years before he
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A High Court judge has condemned a council as a result of “dreadful failures” in the handling of children in its care. Mr Justice Keehan said he had decided to
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Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has said that child benefit changes may have caused thousands of parents to lose out on pension entitlements. Ms Morgan, who is chairwoman of the
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Ministers have announced a review of school exclusions, amid concerns that some youngsters are more likely to be taken out of classrooms than others. Education Secretary Damian Hinds argued that
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The number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers in England has nearly doubled in 10 years, it has been reported. The surge in people taking opioids such as morphine has prompted
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A report by Bristol Safeguarding Children Board has found the murder of Becky Watts could not have been predicted or prevented. The 33-page review detailed how Becky’s mother Tanya Watts
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Theresa May has said it is important that an inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford gets under way as quickly possible. The Prime Minister said “we have all been
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