Charity confirms body found in Hamburg river is missing Liam Colgan
The body of a Scottish man who went missing on a stag weekend in Hamburg has been found, according to a charity helping his family. Liam Colgan, 29, from Inverness,
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Welsh Gov confirm NHS bursary will be extended for healthcare students starting in 2019
Welsh Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has confirmed the NHS bursary will be extended in Wales for students starting their studies in September 2019. The bursary, for eligible student nurses, midwives
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Woman dies after fire at learning disability care home in North London
A woman has died after a fire at residential units for adults with learning disabilities. More than 70 firefighters were called to Connington Crescent, Chingford, just before 2.15am on Friday.
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Around 140,000 households cannot afford to top up energy meter, Citizens Advice
Around 140,000 British households have been left without gas or electricity in the last year because they cannot afford to top up their prepayment energy meter, a charity has found.
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Study warns of ‘desperate choices’ low-paid families face with many skipping meals
More than one in three working parents cannot afford to have regular meals, showing the “desperate choices” low paid families have to make, according to a new study. Research by
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Former Tory leader calls for care home probe after vulnerable woman dies in fire
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for an investigation into a fire that broke out at a care home in his constituency killing one, after hearing that a
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Consultant right to prescribe anti-psychotic drug to autistic teenager, says coroner
An anti-psychotic drug prescribed to a teenager caused him to suffer from a rare condition that was a “significant contributory factor” to his death, a coroner has said. The parents
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Two-child limit for tax credits and universal credit ruled lawful by High Court
Families have lost a High Court challenge against the Government’s two-child rule for payment of tax credits and universal credit. A judge in London ruled on Friday that the policy
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Health officials issue warning over highly-resistant gonorrhoea after UK case treated
A highly resistant strain of gonorrhoea contracted by a UK man has been successfully treated, but officials have warned similar cases are expected. The patient had a regular female partner
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New report claims Autism pioneer Hans Asperger ‘helped Nazi euthanasia project’
Hans Asperger, the respected Austrian paediatrician whose name describes a form of high-functioning autism, actively assisted in the murder of disabled children by the Nazis, a new report claims. Asperger’s
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