A former nurse who “used his position” to sexually assault an 85-year-old woman in her home has been jailed for four and a half years, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
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Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson “a f****** clown” in pandemic WhatsApp messages, an inquiry has heard. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was shown messages between the former Scottish first minister and
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The Scottish Government did not accept Covid-19 was “here to stay”, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday, Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious
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One of the country’s leading NHS trusts has been downgraded from “outstanding” to “requires improvement” following a series of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections. Some staff at Newcastle upon Tyne
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The Government’s childcare reforms could widen the attainment gap between poorer children and their well-off peers before they even start school, a social mobility charity has warned. The quality of
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The UK is “really unsafe” from future pandemic threats, a leading academic has told MPs. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, director at the Oxford Vaccine Group, said he was concerned that
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A 90-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school in the 1960s has branded his victims “unhinged” and said they should be investigated
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Council leaders have called for reform of local government finance and an end to “short-term” measures after Michael Gove confirmed authorities will receive £500 million in emergency funding for social
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The killer of university students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates had previously been detained in hospital four times under mental health laws and was arrested
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Many traumatised child refugees are being put at risk of abuse after being wrongly assessed as adults on their arrival in the UK, campaigners have said. Flaws in the Home
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