Census reveals Jungle camp’s unaccompanied children numbers rise 32% in month
The number of unaccompanied children at the Calais camp known as the Jungle has risen by 32% in one month, according to a new census. A total of 132 of
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RCN conference hears patients ‘treated in storerooms’ due to hospital pressures
Mounting pressures on hospitals are leading to patients treated in storerooms, frail and elderly patients being moved around in the middle of the night and ambulances queuing outside A&Es, leading
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Boarding school care worker accused of child sex abuse found dead
A former boarding school worker on trial accused of committing a catalogue of historical child sex abuse has been found dead. The body of Darren Turk, 54, was discovered at
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Foster carer injured by adult masquerading as child cannot claim damages, court rules
A foster carer who was nearly killed by an adult masquerading as a 15-year-old asylum seeker cannot claim damages from the council which commissioned the placement, the High Court has
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Husband’s pledge to fight hatred following shocking murder of Labour MP Jo Cox
Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbed in the street outside her constituency advice surgery. The mother of two children aged three and five was attacked
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Care home fined £190,000 after disabled resident dies following shower fall
A West Yorkshire care provider has been fined £190,000 following the death of a disabled resident who broke his neck at a nursing home. The Care Quality Commission prosecuted Leeds-based
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Child protection workers ‘gripped by hysteria’ over abuse allegations, says judge
Child welfare professionals were gripped by a “sort of hysteria” when a woman and her two children made sex abuse allegations against a man, a High Court judge has said.
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Health watchdog rejects use of ‘breakthrough’ cystic fibrosis treatment on NHS
Almost 3,000 people with cystic fibrosis will miss out on a “breakthrough” treatment after the health watchdog turned it down for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health
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Charity warns loneliness among older men ‘major public health challenge’
Loneliness among older men is becoming a “major public health challenge”, a charity has said. Age UK said around half a million men over the age of 65 in England
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Supplements claiming to prevent dementia ‘not backed up by scientific evidence’
Claims used to promote some supplements for preventing dementia or aiding brain health are not backed up by scientific evidence, according to a report. A panel of experts tasked by
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