A foster carer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years after murdering a one-year-old child she was in the process of adopting. Katie Tidmarsh
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Vulnerable people are increasingly being placed in poor-quality supported housing in a system left open to “unscrupulous landlords” and in need of reform, MPs have warned. Fraud is also still
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A new boyfriend who murdered his partner’s toddler by shaking her to death after learning his Universal Credit had been stopped will be jailed for life. Michael Daymond, 27, attacked
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The mother of a disabled teenager has launched a fundraiser to help families who have children with life-shortening conditions with their energy bills, a year after Kate Winslet donated £17,000
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Changes to the law which could have seen couples become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth will not be taken forward “at the moment”, a health minister has said.
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The Government must demonstrate how it is delivering on its plans to meet challenges in a social care system which remains under “significant pressure”, a report has warned. The National
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A cyber attack which disrupted access to a council website and its systems is being investigated with the relevant authorities to establish the full impact of the crime, officials have
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A man who was sent to young offenders institutions in the early 1970s told an inquiry how he was forced to “slop out” and was held in custody with sex
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Highly-confusing and complex coronavirus laws were difficult to understand for both the police and the public, former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has said. The senior Conservative told the Covid
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Boris Johnson demanded that “bigger fines” be emphasised as he unwound lockdown restrictions, according to a handwritten note exhibiting “crushing irony” that has been shown to the Covid Inquiry. As
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