Ivan Cooper, one of the founders of Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement, has died. Mr Cooper, 75, died in hospital on Wednesday morning after a long period of ill health.
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Parents are cutting back on fresh food, building up debts and being forced to drop children’s activities like swimming lessons because of the two-child Universal Credit and tax credit limit,
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Victims of revenge porn could be granted better protection as part of a possible overhaul of image-based sexual abuse laws, the Government has announced. Moves to bring revenge porn –
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A new badge is being launched today with the aim of becoming a unifying symbol of pride among 9 million paid and unpaid carers as well as raising money for
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Parents of children with special educational needs are bringing a landmark High Court challenge against the Government over funding cuts to local authorities. The families bringing the legal action say
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Moors murderer Ian Brady came in contact with vulnerable borstal boys for more than five years at Wormwood Scrubs prison, files reportedly show. The child killer was even allowed to
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The Home Office is looking at beefing up Asbo-style civil protection orders to make sex offenders get treatment, Sajid Javid has said. The Home Secretary told the NSPCC’s How Safe
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A “vile and abhorrent” serial rapist who violently attacked six women over a 13-year period has been jailed for 20 years, police have said. Mark Scott, 34, was found guilty
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An anorexic teenager whose weight has dropped to four-and-a-half stone can be taken from home against her wishes and moved to a specialist unit, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice
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Twelve people have died of a rare bacterial infection that has spread in Essex, the NHS said. There have been 32 reported cases of the disease, called invasive Group A
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