Rapist doctor who gagged victim and threatened her with scissors is struck off
A doctor who violently raped a woman and then threatened to release a video of the attack said he was not interested in the outcome of a medical tribunal –
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Children’s charity to close after 81 years citing ‘pernicious economic context’
A pioneering national children’s charity is to close after 81 years of campaigning, as it warned many other similar organisations were facing the same “mathematical impossibilities” of rising costs. Announcing
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Student wins more inclusive disability badge breakthrough in hometown
A student who is campaigning to make the familiar blue badge more inclusive to those with non-visible disabilities has won a breakthrough in his hometown. Sam Vestey (pictured), 21, believes
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Youngster celebrates new law after campaign against trolls targeting epilepsy
A 12-year-old boy who began campaigning for Zach’s Law after online trolls targeted his epilepsy is “over the moon” that the measure has made it to the statute book, his
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Child abuse inquiry ‘initially hampered by unwillingness to acknowledge problem’
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was initially hampered by an unwillingness to acknowledge structural abuse, it has been told. Professor Kenneth Norrie (pictured), an expert in law from Strathclyde University,
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Infected Blood Inquiry report delayed until 2024 as move branded ‘another devastating blow’
A major report into the infected blood scandal has been delayed until next year. Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the
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Princess of Wales praises ‘really precious’ work of youth intervention charity
The Princess of Wales has praised the “really precious” work of a youth intervention charity during a visit in central London. Kate met with frontline staff and young people at
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Campaigners brand Brook House immigration centre inquiry findings ‘damning’
A report which found mistreatment of detainees at an immigration removal centre has been branded a “damning indictment” of the UK detention system by campaign groups as they warned things
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Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council facing commissioners’ intervention – Gove
Michael Gove has outlined plans to appoint commissioners to take over Birmingham City Council and to launch an inquiry into the cash-strapped authority. The Communities Secretary told MPs that he
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Immigration centre inquiry warns more detainee mistreatment if recommendations ignored
More detainees in immigration centres could face inhumane treatment unless a raft of recommendations – including a 28-day detention limit – are implemented in full, an inquiry chairwoman has warned.
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