A father who violently shook his four-month-old son to death has been jailed for a total of 15 years. Sam Gildea, 30, of Partington, Greater Manchester, admitted the manslaughter of
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Former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor must be cleared by a public inquiry of “heinous allegations” of involvement in historical child sex abuse at Westminster, his barrister has said. Adam Wagner,
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A university student died after doctors failed to spot a head injury he sustained during a night out to celebrate his birthday, a coroner has found. Maria Voisin, senior coroner
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A woman who embezzled a six-figure sum from a charity has been ordered to pay back more than £175,000 in ill-gotten gains. Mary Booth, 58, pled guilty in July 2017
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The family of a man with Down’s syndrome who died in hospital after they say he was left unfed for 19 days have said their brother “was allowed to die
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A mother who gambled away £100,000 donated for treatment for her seriously ill son has walked free from court after a judge accepted she had been under “extraordinary pressure”. Nurse
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A woman given a nine-month prison term as a result of posting information relating to family court litigation on Facebook has been released from jail early after apologising. Sara Root,
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The number of antidepressant prescriptions dispensed in England exceeded 70 million last year, figures show. A total of 70.9 million items to treat conditions including depression and anxiety were given
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A “serial liar” who invented a string of false rape and sexual assault allegations has failed in a bid to clear her name. Jemma Beale, 27, claimed she had been
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A quarter of children up for adoption in Scotland at the end of 2017 had to wait more than a year to be placed with families, according to the Care
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