More than a third of unpaid carers suffer from loneliness, according to new research. Some 35% of those looking after elderly people or those with an illness, disability or mental
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Campaigners say they are prepared to take the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to court over claims sexual offences cases are being “dropped” without good reason. A UK-wide coalition of women’s
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A woman who killed her husband after years of coercive and controlling abuse will walk free from court, bringing to an end 10 years of “hell”. Sally Challen, 65, bludgeoned
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Council social service bosses have failed to persuade a High Court judge to place a 17-year-old youth at risk because of his involvement in gang activity in secure accommodation. Social
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Three hospital patients have died after eating pre-packaged sandwiches linked to a listeria outbreak. An investigation has been launched into the source of the infection, related to products supplied by
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A woman who spent nearly a decade behind bars for killing her husband in a hammer attack will not face a retrial for murder. Georgina Challen, 65, claimed she suffered
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A mother has said there seems to be “no end to the stress and trauma” of trying to get medical cannabis for her severely epileptic child after a second batch
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Domestic abuse victims in the UK are three times more likely to develop severe mental illnesses, new research suggests. The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found a
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NHS hospital trust bosses who wanted a judge in a specialist court to make orders relating to the way a pregnant mentally ill woman gave birth have changed their minds
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A mentally ill woman who beat her neighbour to death with a metal pole has been given an indefinite hospital order by a judge who described the attack as “savage”.
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