Two staff members at a specialist hospital unit who were filmed mistreating vulnerable patients have lost challenges against their convictions at the Court of Appeal. Peter Bennett, 55, and Matthew
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More than 62,000 migrants could be granted asylum in the UK as the Government attempts to clear the backlog of claims waiting to be dealt with. The Refugee Council estimates
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The wife of a Conservative councillor who used Twitter to stir up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks has been jailed for 31 months.
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The chairman of NHS England has announced he is resigning, saying it was a “very difficult decision”. Richard Meddings (pictured), who has been in the role for almost three years,
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A woman has appeared in court charged with manslaughter over the death of a care home resident. Jane Barnard, 65, appeared before Bristol Crown Court accused of killing Derek Davies,
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Measures to protect residents from Covid at a care home where seven elderly people died were not “effectively or consistently” followed by staff, a coroner has ruled. William Wilkinson, 102,
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The capsize of a motorboat which led to the drowning of two wheelchair users happened because a maintenance failure meant the vessel was not watertight, an investigation has found. Alex
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Nursing leaders are urging the Government to speed up the establishment of an agency to enforce labour standards. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said any delay to the creation
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Sara Sharif was hooded, restrained and beaten with a belt buckle and pole in a campaign of abuse lasting more than two years before her death, a court has heard.
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Years-long waits for diagnoses and support for autistic young people in England and others with conditions including cerebral palsy is “robbing” them of their childhoods, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
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