Noel Clarke has said he will be seeking professional help and has apologised “deeply” for his actions, but has “vehemently” denied sexual misconduct or criminal behaviour. The actor and producer
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A High Court judge has given doctors the go-ahead to end the life of a brain-damaged six-year-old girl who has been at the centre of a long-running treatment fight. Mr
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An 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and is in a care home should not be given a coronavirus vaccine, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden was told that
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A man who sexually assaulted 10 women and two girls over a two-day period because he “got angry” at them for wearing Lycra has been jailed for three years. Oliver
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Campaigners and faith leaders have joined forces to warn the Prime Minister his Government’s overhaul of the asylum system could “detach the UK from international refugee law”. A total of
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The Health Secretary has given social care providers his word that the Government will deliver reforms to put the sector on a “firm footing for the years to come”. Reflecting
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Council workers have voted in favour of strike action over what one union described as an “inadequate pay offer” from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla). Members of Unison,
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The number of referrals made by a child abuse helpline to authorities has increased by more than a third during the pandemic, latest figures show. The NSPCC made 2,476 referrals
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Sir Simon Stevens is to be appointed to the House of Lords after announcing that he plans to quit his position as NHS England chief executive in the summer, No
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Care workers who help vulnerable people to visit sex workers will not be breaking the law, a senior judge has said. In a landmark ruling, a judge in the Court
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