Women’s rights groups have called for urgent reform of “outdated and illiberal” abortion laws after judges reduced the sentence of a woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end
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The Government’s high-risk dash to buy protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic resembled “panic buying”, a cross-party committee of MPs has found. A “rushed” approach to buying personal protective equipment
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A woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown has won her Court of Appeal bid to reduce her sentence and will be released from
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A woman whose father died from Covid-19 after he caught the illness in hospital has called for urgent changes to infection control policies and the treatment of bereaved families so
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Terror attack survivors have condemned the UK’s compensation scheme in a new report. Support network Survivors Against Terror (SAT) has called for change after it found that more than half
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A woman and her partner who enslaved her vulnerable disabled husband leaving him to live in squalid conditions have both been jailed for 11 years. Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George
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The Government is on track to break a key promise to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, a report by the public spending watchdog has found. Delays to projects mean
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Former England footballer and television presenter Alex Scott has vowed to use her platform to raise awareness of domestic abuse and help victims and survivors as she became a charity
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A new drug has been hailed as a “turning point in the fight against Alzheimer’s” after it was found to slow the progression of the disease. Donanemab was found to
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The police watchdog has launched an inquiry into a force’s response to concerns raised for the welfare of a nine-year-old boy before he was held down in a bath and
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