An experimental Covid-19 vaccine appears to offer strong protection in late-stage UK and South Africa studies, said manufacturer Novavax. The UK has secured access to 60 million doses of the
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Victims of domestic abuse are being failed by the welfare system and reform is urgently needed, it has been warned at Westminster. A number of peers argue the existing benefits
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Survivors of child abuse still feel a waiver built into a new Bill to compensate them is a “betrayal”, a campaigner has said. The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse
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A single mother is preparing to mount an appeal after a High Court judge ruled that her brain-damaged daughter should be allowed to die. Mr Justice Poole decided earlier this
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Construction of a Covid-19 testing megalab is to be halted, the UK Government has announced. In November, the Government announced that a new megalab was being constructed in Scotland, with
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Young girls experience lower levels of wellbeing and self-esteem by their early teens compared with boys, a new report into the mental health of Generation Z has said. Research from
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A judge has given a 69-year-old woman who has dementia and lives in a care home the go-ahead to have sex with another resident she has become attached to. Mr
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A woman whose son was taken from her at one of Ireland’s mother and baby homes after she was transferred across the border has said any Stormont apology must be
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A senior judge has raised concern about the way a police officer and council social worker questioned an eight-year-old girl who said her mother had sexually abused her when she
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Imports of medical cannabis to more than 40 children with severe epilepsy have been given a six-month reprieve – after being halted due to Brexit. The Department of Health and
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