Losing EU funding for medical research could cost the lives of some vulnerable children, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has said. In a plea to the Government to secure a
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Ben Butler has lodged an appeal after being convicted of murdering his six-year-old daughter Ellie, judges have been told. Butler’s lawyers say he is appealing against his conviction and sentence,
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The Government is being urged to “address the crisis in local councils’ funding” hitting disabled people and their families. Learning disability charity Mencap spoke out after two families from Newbury
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Care home staff, home carers and anyone who cares for older people professionally, or at home, are being encouraged to enrol in a free online course from Newcastle University. The
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Health bodies and unions have reacted angrily after the Government confirmed plans to axe bursaries for student nurses and midwives. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the changes were
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A therapist who was trying to calm an autistic patient in the middle of a street in Miami has said he was shot by police even though he had his
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The second most senior judge in England and Wales has been asked to decide whether a family court judge’s behind-closed-doors ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler should
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There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded. A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful
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The widening gap between rising demand for social care and its availability is impacting on efforts to cut the number of people stuck in hospital, a report has found. MPs
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Some 33,000 nurses trained in the EU are registered to work in the UK, figures show. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) data, obtained by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN),
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