A man who directed the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines from his home in Scotland has been jailed for 12 years. Gary Campbell, 59, from
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A “vulnerable” 18-year-old woman should not go home after leaving hospital because her mother is living with a convicted paedophile, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot has
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Annual council tax bills in England will rise by an average of 5.1% in April, as England’s local authorities warn of cuts to key services due to unprecedented financial pressures.
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Food bank usage in Scotland and the north of England is the highest in the UK, according to official figures. The Family Resources Survey, published by the Department for Work
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The struggle to afford food has affected a quarter of households where an NHS or social care worker lives and more than a fifth where teachers or teaching assistants live,
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An emotional Nicola Sturgeon has issued a “sincere, heartfelt and unreserved” apology to the thousands of women in Scotland who were forced to give up their babies for adoption. The
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Thousands of needy families are to benefit from the donation of 400,000 household essentials through a new charity initiative supported by Amazon. Former prime minister Gordon Brown and Mayor of
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Social care is facing a “very, very distressing situation”, the Archbishop of York has told Parliament as he urged Government action to tackle the crisis. Speaking at Westminster, the Most
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Boris Johnson deflected and blamed everyone but himself as he faced questions over partygate, a campaign group representing families bereaved in the pandemic said. It was described as “especially galling”
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Nurse Lucy Letby found caring for less sick infants in hospital was “boring”, her murder trial was told. Letby, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder
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