Changing the law to legalise assisted dying could see people killed because they are old, an at-times emotional parliamentary debate has heard, while others rejected a picture painted of a
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A police constable who punched a medical worker after mistaking him for a suspect has been spared jail. Metropolitan Police officer Jonathan Marsh, 34, was called to a medical clinic
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A watchdog has criticised “unacceptable” conditions at the busiest airport immigration detention centre in England and Wales. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the facility in Luton was “unable
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Almost two-thirds of UK adults are worried about access to palliative and end-of-life care, according to a survey. The results, released on the same day a debate on assisted dying
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The Work and Pensions Secretary has refused to set out which health conditions will no longer result in access to sickness benefits, as part of the Government’s major welfare reforms.
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A former high school head teacher accused of abusing children called one girl, “his little sex toy,” a court heard. Neil Foden, who worked in North Wales, allegedly told the
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The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales has branded changes to the way police forces log crimes a “serious mistake”. Nicole Jacobs (pictured) accused the Government of choosing “administrative
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Patients are staying in hospital longer due to physiotherapy facilities that were repurposed during the Covid-19 pandemic not being returned to use, an inquiry has heard. Claire Ronald (pictured), a
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A council has been fined £100,000 over health and safety breaches after a vulnerable man choked to death on a sandwich unsuitable for his prescribed diet. The Health and Safety
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Two police officers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia in a care home. Pc Stephen Smith, 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 34, (pictured) denied
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