Two stars of Channel 4’s Derry Girls have demanded the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland as they delivered a 60,000-strong petition to Secretary of State Karen Bradley. Nicola Coughlan,
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Rising numbers of domestic abuse suspects are being released without restrictions after a steep fall in the use of police bail, a watchdog has revealed. An inspection report raised concerns
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Home Office ministers have lost a deportation fight with a Portuguese immigrant given a custodial sentence when he was a teenager. Immigration officials said Luis Lopes’s deportation was justified on
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A social worker has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after Social Care Wales found her fitness to practise was impaired because of her serious misconduct. Lucy
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Staff working on the Universal Credit benefits system have voted to strike in a dispute over workloads and recruitment. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) based in
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Families should be given more support during a child’s early years to ensure youngsters are getting the best possible start in life, a committee of MPs has warned. The first
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MSPs will consider how the abuse of elderly people should be prosecuted and if it requires new legislation. Representatives from Police Scotland, the Crown Office, and charities Age Scotland and
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A 54-year-old woman who says her children were unfairly taken from her could be jailed after a judge concluded that she had wrongly posted information relating to family court litigation
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A man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to abduct two children from a hospital’s emergency department. West Midlands Police said the 47-year-old suspect was detained by officers called to
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More than nine in 10 deaths of homeless people were in cities and towns in 2017 with only 26 homeless people dying in rural areas, new data has revealed. Deaths
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