Calls to the national domestic abuse helpline have soared by nearly a fifth in a year, fuelled in part by a hard-hitting storyline about coercive control in The Archers. Britons
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Children at risk of sexual exploitation could be slipping through the net because they are not “stereotypical” victims, a report has warned. Boys and girls targeted by older women are
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Ministers face intense pressure to perform a U-turn over plans for a £1.3 billion a year cut in disability benefits as Tory MPs threaten to revolt over the measure. Work
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A woman has won a family court fight for the return of her two-year-old son despite social workers’ concerns about the implications of a Christmas Day “drunken sexual escapade” with
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George Osborne has “declared war on the disabled” by slashing benefits, Jeremy Corbyn said as a Conservative campaigner closed down a party-linked website in protest. The Budget confirmed that £1.3
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At least 2,000 places will be created to help rough sleepers leave hostels under moves to tackle the UK’s rising homeless crisis. Most of a £115 million package will be
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Lost memories banished by Alzheimer’s can in theory be rescued by stimulating nerve cells to grow new connections, a study has shown. The proof-of-concept research, conducted in mice, raises the
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The daughter of a vulnerable man who suffered safeguarding failings has finally reached a civil settlement with a council nearly seven years after his death. Ian Sunter, who has Alzheimer’s,
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More than a quarter of young people would turn to the internet first if they were upset or had a problem, according to a new survey. Children as young as
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A senior family court judge has said the way a council handled proceedings relating to the care of two brothers was “reprehensible”. Mr Justice Newton – who is based in
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