Campaigners have expressed “anger” with the Government that “red tape” is making it too difficult to access promised funding for motor neurone disease (MND) research. They are calling for “urgent
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The UK Government has taken further legislative action in a bid to ensure the full delivery of abortion services in Northern Ireland. Abortion laws in the region were liberalised in
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A musician who brutally murdered a teenage girl he snatched from a Plymouth bus stop has been warned by a judge he may never be free again. Cody Ackland, a
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The care minister has declined to say whether the Government will follow Scotland’s lead in bringing in legislation enshrining the right of care home residents to receive visitors. Gillian Keegan
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A “predator” who raped a teenager and murdered a woman whose bound and gagged body was found in a lake has been convicted decades after his “horrendous” crimes. Serial attacker
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A woman whose mother’s corpse was abused by a necrophiliac murderer has lost a High Court fight with Health Secretary Sajid Javid over arrangements for a public inquiry. Amanda Miah,
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A Metropolitan Police officer has been fired for her “shocking” failure to investigate a woman’s domestic abuse allegations against her estranged husband before he murdered her. Damien Simmons, 45, poured
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A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences spanning seven years. Scotland Yard said the unnamed man in his 50s, who remained in custody
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Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters and Reading and Leeds are among more than 100 UK festivals which have committed to tackling sexual violence. A total of 103 UK festivals have committed to
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A woman who sexually assaulted and raped a child with two other men has been jailed for life. Vicki Bevan (pictured, centre), 37, was given the life sentence by Judge
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