Government urged to address 10,000 rise in mortality rates
There have been more than 10,000 “additional deaths” in England and Wales over the first few weeks of the year, experts have said. A new editorial published in the British
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Charles ‘astounded’ by frontline nurses who responded to terror attacks and Grenfell fire
The Prince of Wales has praised the “unsung and unseen” hard work of Britain’s nurses at a special event at Buckingham Palace. Accompanied by the Countess of Wessex, Charles met
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Council placed homeless woman in ‘squalid’ accommodation miles away from vital support
An older woman was left in temporary accommodation that was ‘at best shabby, dirty and in disrepair,’ miles away from her GP and social networks because Rother District Council had
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Social workers could not have been predicted or prevented Becky Watts murder, report finds
Becky Watts reported feeling “scared” of being abducted to social workers more than three years before she was murdered in a sexually motivated kidnap plot, a report has revealed. The
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Telford abuse has had relatively less reporting compared to ‘gossipy scandals’, Andrea Leadsom
Child sexual exploitation in Telford has received a “relative lack” of reporting compared to “more gossipy types of scandal”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has said. Concerns about the “priorities and
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Poppi Worthington’s mother ‘extremely disappointed’ at decision to rule out presecution
The mother of tragic toddler Poppi Worthington is “extremely disappointed” lawyers have ruled out a prosecution over her daughter’s death, her solicitor said. Paul Worthington, 50, the child’s father, will
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Ellie Butler’s grandfather offered formal condolences by council at inquest
A council has extended formal condolences to the grandfather of Ellie Butler, who was beaten to death by her father after being taken from her grandparents’ care. Ellie was battered
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Government wins appeal against High Court ruling on controversial benefit cap
The Government has won a challenge against a ruling that its controversial benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two. Court of Appeal judges ruled in favour
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Dramatic variations in care home quality in England with one in five rated inadequate
The number of care homes rated “inadequate” or requiring improvement increased in one in five English council areas last year, according to new analysis. Figures compiled by older people’s charity
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Important Telford abuse inquiry begins ‘as quickly as possible’, Theresa May
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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