MPs told to ‘act, not mourn’, as names of women killed by men last year read out
Labour MP Jess Phillips has read out a list of names of women killed by men in the last year, the ninth year she has carried out what she called
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Staff working with children in NI asylum hotels ‘not checked or trained’, inspection finds
Staff working with children and vulnerable adults in asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland have not undergone checks or training, a report has found. An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for
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Social workers could not have predicted Amber Gibson’s murder, review finds
An independent review has found council staff could not have predicted a 16-year-old girl they were tasked to look after would be murdered by her brother. The learning review, carried
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Doctor, 63, jailed over sexual relationship with vulnerable female patient
A GP who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient has been jailed for two years and two months. Dr Francis Bailey, of Lyvelly Gardens, Peterborough, pursued the young
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Dame Esther Rantzen makes fresh call for assisted dying vote after MPs’ report
Dame Esther Rantzen has made a fresh call for a debate and vote on legalising assisted dying as a report warned that the Government must consider what to do if
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Covid-19 inquiry: Welsh Government response to care home threat was ‘inadequate’
Elderly residents living in care homes in Wales during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were put at risk by the Welsh Government’s “inadequate” response to the threat posed
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Emma Caldwell failed by police due to ‘toxic culture of misogyny and corruption’, family claim
The family of Emma Caldwell have said Police Scotland failed their daughter and the rape victims of her killer Iain Packer due to a “toxic culture of misogyny and corruption”.
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Man jailed for life with minimum 36 year term for murder of Emma Caldwell
Serial rapist Iain Packer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years after being found guilty of murdering Emma Caldwell in 2005. Packer, 51, was
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Abuse inquiry into events which spanned decades at former detention centre
An investigation has been launched into what the authorities knew about the large-scale abuse of young detainees which spanned decades at a detention centre. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)
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Practical and inexpensive steps will help more autistic people into work, Government says
Employers should ensure they have appropriate premises, furnishings, equipment and IT systems to help more autistic people in work, the Government has said. Sir Robert Buckland, who led a review
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