Two Ireland and Ulster rugby players accused of rape boasted on WhatsApp about their sexual exploits, a court has been told. Stuart Olding, 24, and Paddy Jackson, 26, who deny
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New legislation aimed at ensuring women make up at least half the board members for all public authorities is expected to be approved by Holyrood. MSPs at the Scottish Parliament
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Too many young people are killing themselves because NHS professionals are not sharing information with their families, a charity has warned. Ged Flynn, chief executive of youth suicide prevention charity
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A senior MP has issued a fresh warning about “state-sponsored destitution” amid claims of a “gaping hole” in the welfare system. Figures uncovered by Labour’s Frank Field found that nearly
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Rotherham Council’s children’s services have “transformed” since the local authority was rocked by a child sexual exploitation scandal, according to Ofsted. An inspection in 2014 identified “widespread and serious failures”
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Too many seriously ill children and their families are still unable to access decent end of life care, with a “cruel postcode lottery” meaning many cannot decide where they die,
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A man has been charged with 40 sexual offences after an investigation into alleged abuse at former children’s homes. Bruce McClean, 61, from Runcorn, has been charged with offences including
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Relatives want a sick man with severe learning disabilities to be allowed to “die naturally” even though specialists say he is not near the end of his life and should
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A woman in her late 60s who was “locked into the end stage” of multiple sclerosis died in late 2015 after a Court of Protection judge allowed medics to cease
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The Government is going to review all 1.6 million claims for a disability benefit after it decided not to contest a High Court ruling. Ministers previously said accepting the decision
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