An illegal immigrant has been jailed for at least 26 years for murdering a “kind and peace-loving” carer in London’s Hyde Park after slipping through the hands of authorities at
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Housing associations across the country have been forced to cancel or delay plans to build thousands of new homes due to uncertainty over future funding. Projects for 8,800 new housing
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Rules on prison visits for male inmates punish their children unfairly, according to a leading charity. Barnardo’s says some sons and daughters see their fathers for just two hours every
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Substance misuse among baby boomers is a “rapidly growing problem”, experts have warned. Researchers warned that risky drinking is in decline, except among those aged 50 and over. Meanwhile, doctors
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Reports of child neglect in the UK have soared by more than 60% in the last five years, a children’s charity has warned. The NSPCC said it dealt with nearly
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Disabled people are being “increasingly marginalised and shut out of society” as they bear the brunt of Government spending cuts, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have warned. Campaigners
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Rules on prison visits for male inmates punish their children unfairly, according to a leading charity. Barnardo’s says some sons and daughters see their fathers for just two hours every
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There has been a “worrying” increase in the reliance on emergency care for dementia patients nearing the end of their lives, experts have warned. Researchers have called for better support
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A “fantasist” who posed as a barrister to trick a terminal cancer sufferer out of her life savings is facing prison. Michael Cremin conned Sandra Burch out of £92,000 in
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The police force investigating allegations former prime minister Sir Edward Heath was a paedophile will pass its findings to the national child sex abuse inquiry. The Wiltshire Police probe, called
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