Activist and UN goodwill ambassador Sabrina Dhowre Elba said she felt it was her “moral duty” to support a campaign against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) which is “prevalent” in her
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A national compensation scheme for victims of child sexual abuse will be introduced in England, the Home Secretary has said. But opposition MPs urged the Home Secretary not to delay
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A union has said it will support legal action over a data breach which saw the personal details of around 15,000 council employees published online in error. The GMB union
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A 15-year-old girl who is in council care has given birth after a High Court judge ruled that doctors could perform a caesarean section against her will. Mr Justice Poole
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A review has been commissioned by the BBC Board into the broadcaster’s coverage of migration, including small boats crossing the English Channel, to “consider whether due impartiality is being delivered”,
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A mother and father jailed for leaving their morbidly obese daughter to die in bed-ridden squalor have had their sentences increased to eight years and 10 years respectively at the
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Pelvic floor problems and periods will feature as topics for discussion alongside live music, food and drinks at a festival with a difference this summer. Surgeon Julie Cornish (pictured), founder
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A move to enable unpaid carers to take leave from their day jobs to help dependents is set to become law after clearing its final parliamentary hurdle. Millions are set
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The paedophile brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of child sex offences. Timothy Schofield, 54, was convicted of 11 sexual offences
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The Princess of Wales has praised as inspirational a new “anxiety toolkit” developed by a leading mental health charity after collaborating with schoolchildren. Kate (pictured) visited the Anna Freud Centre
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