A 73-year-old woman who beat her wheelchair-bound husband to death with a wooden pole after years of abuse will be sentenced for his manslaughter. Packiam Ramanathan (pictured) went into a
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More than 600 emergency Caesarean sections and up to 100 stillbirths could be prevented each year if NHS hospitals followed official guidelines on multiple births, a study has found. The
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A woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack will launch a bid to be released on bail after her murder conviction was quashed. Georgina Challen, known as Sally
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Non-violent stalking can cause lasting psychological damage to victims and should be treated as seriously as domestic abuse by the justice system, new research suggests. A survey of 128 stalking
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published her three-year strategy, setting out her priorities and the action she will take to help to make Wales the best place in
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A convicted paedophile and illegal immigrant who murdered his estranged wife after she refused to support his application to stay in the UK will serve a minimum of 18 years
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The Scottish Government has set out a new framework to tackle discrimination against older people. It hopes to strengthen elderly people’s rights and ensure they do not encounter barriers to
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Three prison officers who subjected vulnerable teenagers to daily abuse at a detention centre in 1970s and 1980s have been jailed after a judge said their behaviour breached the public’s
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An abuse inquiry has been told of serious concerns in the past surrounding a number of approved schools in Scotland. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) heard that the potential
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People who witness killings will have access to the same specialist help as victims’ families under new Government plans. Until now, support given through the National Homicide Service has only
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