Woman who alienated son from ex-husband loses custody over boy’s care
A woman has lost a fight over the care of her 12-year-old son after a High Court judge concluded that she had alienated the youngster from his father. The boy,
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Minister who founded mental health support service chosen as new moderator
A minister who founded a mental health support service in the wake of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison taking his own life has been chosen as the next moderator of
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Apprenticeship levy restrictions ‘leaving more than £200M unused by NHS’
More than £200 million is lying unused by cash-strapped health trusts in England because of restrictions in the Government’s apprenticeship levy scheme, a study suggests. Unison said figures based on
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Edinburgh researchers develop new imaging technology to show how tumours form
New imaging technology has been developed to help picture how tumours form. Early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer could be helped by the tool which researchers at the
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Judge sanctions DNA testing on dementia sufferer thought to have fathered children
Specialists have been given the go-ahead to swab the mouth of an elderly dementia sufferer so DNA tests can be carried out in a bid to establish whether he fathered
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Teenager jailed for life for murdering youth mentor in knife attack
A teenager has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years after being found guilty of murdering a youth mentor in a knife attack. Hamed Hussein, 19,
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Coroner condemns ‘failure to provide basic medical attention’ to cancer patients
A coroner has blasted a doctor and NHS trust over the deaths of 10 cancer patients, some of whom may have lived if they were treated properly. A state of
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‘Utterly wicked’ man handed 40-year sentence after fathering six children with daughter
A father who had at least six children with his own daughter has been given a 40-year extended life sentence. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity
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Lung cancer patients at mercy of ‘woefully poor’ NHS equipment leading to delays
Patients with lung cancer – the disease that killed former Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell – are at the mercy of “woefully poor” NHS equipment, according to a new report. The
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Monk who raped me may be my father, witness tells child abuse inquiry
A former pupil at a Catholic boarding school has told how he was raped by a monk who he suspects to be his father. The witness, who cannot be named
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