A teacher rang Childline and impersonated a pupil to falsely accuse a colleague of sexual assault, Scotland Yard has said. Sheena Boll, 35, pretended to be a 14-year-old girl from
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More than 60 residential care establishments for youngsters are being investigated by the team working on Scotland’s national child abuse inquiry, its chairwoman has said. They are among more than
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There has been a steep rise in the number of complaints made about NHS mental health services, figures suggest. Formal complaints about mental health services in England jumped from 9,180
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A petition calling for tougher sentences for sex offenders set up by the family of murdered April Jones has attracted more than 100,000 signatures. The family is campaigning for “April’s
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A charity has voiced hope that the child abuse inquiry will leave a lasting legacy to help protect future generations. NSPCC Scotland said the public inquiry has an important role
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Chancellor Philip Hammond should announce £1 billion in emergency funding for social care to stave off a short-term crisis, social services chiefs have said. The Association of Directors of Adult
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Poverty should be regarded as a major risk factor for premature death, scientists have concluded after analysing data on 1.7 million people. The study is the first to compare the
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An inquiry into historic abuse must consider the 200 Scottish youngsters who were amongst the thousands of child migrants abused after being sent to Australia and other Commonwealth nations, Gordon
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Scotland’s dementia and geriatric wards have recorded tens of thousands of adverse incidents since 2011. Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives under freedom of information laws show there have been
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Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences have been posthumously pardoned. The historic moment was confirmed by the Government as the so-called “Turing’s Law” took effect
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