A former children’s doctor in jail for sexually abusing patients has been given a further four years in prison for assaulting 10 girls as young as eight. Michael Salmon, 81,
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A 101-year-old paedophile thought to be the oldest man convicted by a British court is beginning a 13-year prison sentence after carrying out a string of historical sex offences against
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Police are investigating a disability hate crime after a man was targeted by a gang who followed him and hit him on the head with a stone. The victim was
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People with learning disabilities across the country are set to benefit from £25 million of funding to help them live more independently in their own homes. Health Minister David Mowat
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Claims that a flagship intervention project had turned around the lives of 99% of England’s most troubled families were misleading, according to a Commons committee. The Government also overstated the
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Jeremy Corbyn has written to the Prime Minister calling for urgent talks on social care funding. The Labour leader is urging Theresa May to provide “emergency top-up funding” to protect
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A senior family court judge has concluded that a girl was “brutally” sexually assaulted by an uncle for the best part of a decade – nine months after a prosecution
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Four children aged between seven and 15 have been taken into council care after a family court judge said they had been overtaken by a “current of sexual abuse” which
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The prison population needs to be reduced if more jail riots are to be avoided, the chairman of the Parole Board has warned. Nick Hardwick, an ex-chief inspector of prisons,
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Thousands of young people at risk of homelessness this Christmas face dangerous choices in a bid to find somewhere safe to sleep, a charity has warned. Desperate measures include staying
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