Autistic children who receive intensive one-to-one tutoring for two years when very young have shown dramatic increases in IQ levels which can allow them to go to mainstream schools, according to research published yesterday.
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The Crime Victims Helpline has reported a 60% increase in calls during the first three months of this year. The service, which offers support to people who fall victim to
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Talks between health service employers and nursing unions resume this morning under the auspices of the National Implementation Body. The fresh round of discussions got under way yesterday afternoon at Government Buildings.
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The final stages of the Criminal Justice Bill were passed in the Dáil, last night, by a vote of 62 to 11. The bill was opposed by Sinn Féin, the Greens and a number of Independents, while Fine Gael and Labour abstained.
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Six men are being quizzed by police over claims a woman was raped in a Swansea house.The 28-year-old claimed the serious sexual assault happened at the property in Port Tennant Road, Port Tennant, on Sunday evening.
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There is a major difference in the death rates at hospitals around England, a report has found. Patients at the hospital with the worst rate were twice as likely to die as those at the top ranked hospital.
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One of the biggest charity coalitions of its kind is demanding an urgent national debate on funding long-term care for the elderly, amid warnings that the current system is shambolic.
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Thousands of patients risk contracting potentially deadly superbugs because NHS hospitals are not taking basic steps to stop the spread of infection, research for The Daily Telegraph reveals today.
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An influential group of ministers in Scotland’s largest Protestant church has said that its clergy and congregations have been “sinfully” intolerant of gays and lesbians in its ranks.
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A major search-and-rescue operation was called off last night after police hunting for a missing Royal Navy doctor discovered a body. Dr David Hughes, 37, was said to be depressed and had been recently told he was to be deployed on a second tour of duty to Iraq next January.
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