Two men jailed for throwing firework into London care home
Two men who threw a firework into a care home, leaving a resident with life-changing injuries, have been jailed. Donna Stringer, who has learning difficulties, had to be rushed to
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Survivor describes sexual abuse from time at Shirley Oaks children’s home
A man who said he was sexually abused and beaten at a south London children’s home has described his harrowing experiences. Paul Annon was put into care with his two
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Only 19% of GP surgeries offering extended hours seven days a week
Only around one in five GP surgeries offer extended hours to patients seven days a week, official data shows. The Government has committed to improving access to GPs in the
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Government urged to end ‘woefully overdue’ improvements in child protection
Children are being left “at risk of harm” because of the Government’s failure to develop a “credible” plan to improve protection services, MPs have warned. The influential House of Commons
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Islamic extremist information must be turned over in Tower Hamlets child care case
Home Office officials have been ordered to pass on “highly sensitive” police information about an “Islamic extremist” whose child is at the centre of family court litigation. Social services bosses
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Royal London Hospital warned over security at its maternity unit
The biggest hospital in Europe has been ordered to improve security on its maternity ward after inspectors found that mothers “might leave the unit with the wrong baby”. Some babies
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Football sex abuse hotline receives more than 1,700 calls in three weeks
The NSPCC’s dedicated hotline for those affected by historic sexual abuse in football has received more than 1,700 calls in three weeks. The confidential line was set up by the
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Honour-based abuse and forced marriage offences ‘increasingly committed online’
So-called honour-based violence and forced marriage offences are increasingly being perpetrated online, police and prosecutors have warned. The trend was highlighted as the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police
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Probation services watchdog finds practice to be ‘well below standard’
The public has been left at greater risk of harm because of the poor performance of a privately-owned probation company responsible for supervising thousands of criminals in the community, watchdogs
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Senior judge attacks London council over social services adoption failings
Social services bosses at a London council have come under fire from a senior family court judge over the way they handled a case involving a 21-year-old woman and her
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