The rollout of family hubs across England to support parents has been welcomed but the Government vision “falls far short” of what is needed, according to a children’s charity. Free
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New qualifications and investment in apprenticeships are among fresh efforts to boost the domestic workforce in social care in a Government bid to change perceptions of jobs in the sector.
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The mother of a 21-year-old who took her own life behind bars has told an inquiry how she seemed “petrified” of other prisoners the day before her body was discovered.
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A Labour government will introduce a national register of children who are not in school in a bid to tackle high rates of persistent absence, the shadow education secretary will
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An NHS nurse allegedly sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall, a court has heard. Steven Hicks is accused of attending the
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A 33-year-old woman has been convicted after admitting killing Michele Rutherford, 54, at a care facility in Stirling. Kellyanne McNaughton (pictured) pleaded guilty to culpable homicide when she appeared at
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A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-year-old adopted daughter who died after he “bashed her head against a wall”. Jan Gholami and his wife Roqia Ghulami have
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Actor and musician Idris Elba has launched a campaign calling for the immediate banning of machetes and so-called zombie knives. The Luther star is also lobbying for more funding in
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A 16-year-old who took his own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution had been removed from suicide watch hours earlier, a fatal accident inquiry heard. William Brown, also known as
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Five Britons were victims of alleged widespread sexual abuse and torture by a formerly renowned Nigerian preacher, it has been reported. Evidence of rape and forced abortions, as well as
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