Woman vows to keep son in ‘line of sight’ amid court of protection hearings
A woman has promised to keep her son in “line of sight” when he leaves home while a judge considers whether public protection measures need to be put in place.
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Use of charity cash by health boards to be reviewed in wake of NHS Tayside scandal
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced a review into how health boards use cash donated to NHS endowment funds following a scandal at NHS Tayside. The Scottish Government was forced
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Controversial psychiatric facility to be investigated after vulnerable teenager’s death
A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is being investigated by the Charity Commission. Sophie Bennett,
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Woman who was treated like slave jailed for beating to death ‘control freak’ husband
A 73-year-old woman who beat her “control freak” husband to death with a wooden pole after he treated her like a slave has been jailed for two years and four
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Breast cancer deaths to be probed after patients given lower chemotherapy doses
A health board’s treatment of 14 breast cancer patients who died will be reviewed by an independent expert after bosses admitted hundreds of patients were given lower doses of chemotherapy.
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Sons ‘overjoyed’ as mother accused of hammer attack murder set to be released
The family of a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack said they were “overjoyed” as she prepared to walk free from prison after almost a decade behind
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have been ‘comprehensively failed’ – report
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people in the UK have been “comprehensively failed” and ministers must set out how they will improve outcomes for the communities, the Women and Equalities Committee
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Woman who beat disabled husband to death after years of abuse to be sentenced
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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Better care of pregnant women expecting multiple births ‘would cut stillbirths’
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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Victim of coercive control to launch bid for bail after murder conviction was quashed
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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